Emerald and EFMD launch Research Link

EFMD members gain exclusive access to online management resource

Emerald Group Publishing Limited is pleased to announce a recent partnership with the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). EFMD and Emerald share a common goal of promoting excellence in management development and, together, they are launching Research Link, a high quality management learning and development tool specifically for EFMD members. Prof. Eric Cornuel, CEO & Director-general of EFMD, comments: "Emerald and EFMD have been close strategic partners for the past five years. This new initiative is of great value to EFMD and the international network as it delivers the latest and best ideas from the world’s top companies and business schools via articles, case studies and thought-leader insight.” Research Link features articles and case studies aimed at the busy manager, an interactive forum for discussion and debate, and access to information from the world’s top companies and business schools. Practising managers will be able to access quality-validated content which can be applied with confidence in the workplace to help users deal with day-to-day business issues. Emerald and EFMD have a long-running relationship stemming from their shared values and ideas surrounding global responsibility. In vol. 3 No. 2 of Global Focus, a business magazine published by EFMD, a joint article by John Peters, Chief Executive of Emerald, and Rebecca Marsh, Emerald Publishing Director, entitled “Separating the wheat from the chaff”, considers whether business research should have its social implications made explicit. Within the article Peters and Marsh comment: “…scholarship ultimately impacts upon the environment and people’s lives and livelihoods across the globe. As a scholarship publisher, we recognize our role in reflecting this need.” The article mentions how Emerald asks its authors to consider the social implications of their work and to note these details within the abstract of the article and also the conclusion. EFMD is a membership organization, based in Brussels, Belgium. With more than 700 member organizations in 80 countries the EFMD provides an opportunity for information, research, networking and debate on management development. For more information about the article or to discuss any of the topics further, contact John Peters jpeters@emeraldinsight.com or Rebecca MarshRmarsh@emeraldinsight.com. Or for further information regarding Research Link, contact Alistair Craven, Web Editorial Co-ordinator, acraven@emeraldinsight.com.