You might be interested in the lengthy interview with Crispin Davis CEO of Reed Elsevier in which he states "how he turned the outfit around, why he seldom checks the stock price, and how his secretary keeps her job"
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2002/tc20020626_6092.htm and also the piece in the UK Bookseller for 7 June 2002 on Taylor and Francis on the career of Anthony Selvey and the profits he made including the statement "Companies such as Taylor and Francis earn most of their revenues from institutional Libraries (that) look like safe havens" I don't think this article is on line. -------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Steele Director Scholarly Information Strategies Division of Information W.K. Hancock Building (043) The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia Tel +61 (0)2 612 58983 Fax +61 (0)2 612 53215 Email: [email protected] Library Web: http://anulib.anu.edu.au/ PLEASE SEND ATTACHMENTS TO THIS ADDRESS USING MIME ENCODING. THANK YOU.
