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The article focuses on the plan of Emerald Group Publishing Ltd in Great Britain to focus on developing a framework to highlight important ways of evaluating research. This initiative is intended to capture the impact of research on real-world activity and policy setting. The areas that the publisher considers to explore include knowledge, practice, and teaching. Journal and book series editors have supported the need to measure research impact.

The author highlights the success and evolution of Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. as it celebrates its 40th year in the publishing industry in Great Britain in 2007. The author inferred that the founding of the company sprung from a dissatisfaction with the opportunities to publish in management and the restricted international publishing distribution outlets of the publication. She averred that the company was able to launch and develop initiatives for its authors through their professionalism.

The article reports on the 40th anniversary of the Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. The company began as a parttime enterprise by a group of senior management academics. It was established because of dissatisfaction with the opportunities to publish in management and the limited international publishing distribution outlets in Great Britain.