Edward Elgar Publishing

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Edward Elgar Publishing

• An Introduction

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Introduction
Edward Elgar Publishing is an international
academic publisher founded in 1986 by Edward
Elgar. An independent, family-run company which
is now managed by Edward Elgar's (now chairman)
two son-in-laws. The company is headquartered in
the UK with two UK offices and a US office, in
Northampton MA. We have over 5,000 titles in
print and publish over 350 new books a year.

• We won the Frankfurt Book Fair Academic
  Professional Publisher of the Year award in 2013.
• We have recently been nominated for the
  Booksellers Independent Academic, Educational
  and Professional Publisher of the Year for the
  second year running.

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International Markets

• We sell to libraries all over the World through
  local booksellers, distributors and agents.
• Our largest markets are the US, UK, Germany,
  China and Japan.
• We make regular sales trips to these regions and
  also to developing markets and attend major
  academic conferences, book fairs and library
  events all over the World.

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The Books we publish
We publish scholarly monographs, Research
Handbooks, major reference works, upper level
textbooks and Advanced Introductions. Our book
lists covers many subjects including Economics,
Development Studies, Law, Business and
Management, Public Policy, Environment,
Innovation, Social Policy, Human Rights and many
more.
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Our Products

• Research monographs
• We publish scholarly research monographs across
  Law, Business, Economics and the Social Sciences.
  Amongst our authors and editors are 14 Nobel
  Prize winners and acclaimed series include
• New Horizons in Regional Science
• New Thinking in Political Economy
• New Horizons in Institutional and Evolutionary
  Economics
• Elgar European Law
• New Horizons in Environmental Law
• New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics
• Elgar International Economic Law
• New Horizons in Management

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Leading Handbooks in the Social
SciencesAuthoritative, peer-reviewed and
original worksProviding in-depth surveys of
important areas across Economics, Law, Business
and Management and Social and Political
Science. The editors and contributors are
significant figures in their fields. Specially
commissioned original chapters offer
comprehensive analyses of the topics.
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Reference Works Companions, Dictionaries and
Encyclopedia Useful research resources for new
and established scholars alikeMajor Research
Collections/Major Reference Works Highly
acclaimed research collections comprising
previously published articles and papers
reproduced as originally published. Textbooks We
publish a variety of upper-level textbooks
across all our subject areas.
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Law

• Our list focuses on a wide range of legal
• areas including
• International and Comparative Law
• Intellectual Property
• Trade, Finance and Commercial Law
• Information and Technology
• Antitrust Law
• Environmental and Energy Law
• European Law
• Corporate and Financial Law
• Law and Economics
• Many of our titles are interdisciplinary and
• cut across our public policy, environment,
• development, economics or international
• politics lists reflecting the current nature
  of
• much academic debate

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Business and Management

• With our business and management list, we seek
  to publish the very best research from around the
  world. We are proud to have the broadest and most
  innovative portfolio in management research.
• Our Handbooks boast specially commissioned
  contributions from the key thinkers in their
  field and are essential for any library.
• Publishing across all areas of management,
  including
• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Strategy

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Economics

• Our largest and most established list, featuring
  numerous Nobel Prize winners.
• Our Economics list includes topics such as
• Money and Finance
• Industrial Organisation
• Labour and Welfare Economics
• Public Sector Economics
• Environmental and Development Economics
• International and Regional Economics
• Innovation
• Heterodox Economics

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Social and Political Science

• Our list encompasses political science, public
  policy, and social policy.
• Key areas of research include
• Governance
• Regulation
• International Politics
• Aging and Pensions
• Gender and Family Policy
• Environmental Politics
• Public Sector Management
• Education
• Health Policy
• Local Government
• Security studies

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Journals

• We publish five internationally themed journals
• Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
• Environmental Law and Human Rights issues
• Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property
• Review of Keynesian Economics
• Keynesian Economics
• Leadership and the Humanities
• Leadership issues across multi-disciplines
• European Journal of Economics and Economic
  Policies
• Heterodox economics

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Bringing the breadth of Elgar's high quality
publishing, from leading scholars around the
World
Elgaronline is the content platform for our
books, journals and research collections.
Elgaronline includes scholarly research
monographs, Research Handbooks, companions,
dictionaries, encyclopedia and journals. With
over 2,500 titles, no DRM, multi-user access as
standard and online publication simultaneously
with or before print versions. Elgaronline is an
easy choice. Textbooks and edited Major
Reference Works (comprising journal reprints),
including 'Critical Writings in ...' series are
not available on Elgaronline.
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Major Collections

• Major subject collections on perpetual accessWe
  offer four non-overlapping subject collections on
  perpetual access - Business and Management,
  Economics, Law and Social and Political Science.
  Each collection includes reference works,
  scholarly monographs, Research Handbooks and
  companions.
• Key Features
• Our non-overlapping collections in our 4 main
  areas provide the most complete and
• cost effective way of acquiring our eBooks
• Comprehensive access to all new titles -
  excludes major works/reprint collections and
• Textbooks
• Designed for leading academic libraries to work
  with current acquisition work flow and
• library systems
• Perpetual access model
• Backlist collections are also available

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Mini and Tailored Collections
Mini Collections on perpetual accessWe offer
smaller collections in more specific subject
areas, which are available for books published
from 1994 to 2013 and include monographs,
Handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias in over
40 different subjects. Tailored Collections on
perpetual access If none of our existing
collections are right for your library, we can
tailor a collection for you. Tell us your budget,
subject areas you are interested in, and/or a
range of publication dates and we can give you a
quote.
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Subscription Collections
Business and Management Handbooks on
subscriptionOur authoritative and acclaimed
Handbook series in Business and Management
includes over 100 published titles, with at least
15 new titles published each year. The search
and browse functions in Elgaronline integrate
these Handbooks into one sophisticated,
invaluable research aid. Ideal for business
schools with a research or teaching focus that do
not require perpetual access.
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Benefits for Libraries

• Comprehensive access to all new scholarship
  (excluding textbooks and major works)
• Available before print
• DRM free users can download, print and share
  subscribed content
• Multi-user access as standard
• User-friendly Access Management system
• Use in course materials allowed
• Free MARC records
• COUNTER4 compliant usage statistics
• We also run a dedicated twitter feed for
  librarians
• Follow _at_Elgar_Libraries for updates, news and
  offers

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Elgaronline Integration

• Integrated into library and discovery systems
• Serial Solutions for Summon and 360
• OCLC World Cat discovery product
• Exlibris for Primo and SFX
• EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS)
• TD Net
• Innovative Interfaces (through their partnership
  with EDS)
• Cross Ref (DOIs created at book, chapter and
  article level for citation linking)

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Elgaronline Subscribers

• Aalborg University, Denmark
• American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• ECLAC, S America
• Edinburgh University, UK
• Emory University - Law School, US
• ETH Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek, Switzerland
• European foundation (Eurofund), Dublin
• Flinders University, Australia
• Florida State University - Law School, US
• Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
• Harvard University - Law School, US
• Kings College, London, UK
• lUniversite Paris- Dauphine, France
• Leiden University, The Netherlands
• Jönköping University, Sweden
• Liverpool University, UK
• Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• McGill University, Canada

• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,
  Japan
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• National University of Singapore
• Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Singapore Management University
• Southern Danish University
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• The University of Queensland, Australia
• UNISA, South Africa
• Universitaetsbibliothek Osnabrueck, Germany
• University of Laval, Canada
• University of Moncton, Canada
• University of Montreal - Law School
• University of Otago, New Zealand
• University of Ottawa, Canada
• University of Sydney, Australia
• University of Tasmania
• University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Find out more
Website www.elgaronline.com Email
hquinn_at_e-elgar.co.uk Telephone 44 1242
226934 Address Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 2JA UK
Or contact your normal supplier.
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