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Emerald Publishing Limited is a scholarly publisher of academic journals and books in the fields of management,
business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...
, education, library studies,
health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...
, and engineering.


History

Emerald was founded in the United Kingdom in 1967 as ''Management Consultants Bradford (MCB) UP Ltd.'' The publisher changed its name to Emerald in 2002 following the success of its Emerald Fulltext database. In 2007 Emerald acquired a programme of Management and Social Science book serials, series and monographs from Elsevier. The acquisition of health and social care publisher Pier Professional Limited took place in 2011. In June 2015, the Emerald acquisition of GoodPractice was announced. GoodPractice is a provider of support tools for leaders and senior managers.


Company

Emerald Publishing is headquartered in Bingley and led by CEO Vicky Williams since 2018.


Sponsoring

In 2017 Emerald became the title sponsor of
Headingley Stadium Headingley Stadium is a stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, comprising two separate grounds; Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium, linked by a two-sided stand housing common facilities. The grounds a ...
with it being renamed Emerald Headingley. As part of the deal the new main stand was named The Emerald Stand. Emerald withdrew their sponsorship in November 2021, following an alleged racism scandal involving the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.


See also

* ''Internet Research'' (journal) * ''International Journal of Innovation Science'' * International Journal of Operations & Production Management * Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems * Advances in Librarianship


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* {{Authority control Academic publishing companies Bingley Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in the City of Bradford Publishing companies established in 1967 British digital libraries Online publishing companies of the United Kingdom 1967 establishments in the United Kingdom