Our strategy
Our strategy is directed at the delivery of authoritative content and innovative solutions that are increasingly embedded in our customers’ workflows, making them more effective and Reed Elsevier a more valued partner.
Deliver authoritative content through leading brands
Deliver high quality, essential content to our professional customers. We invest in new sources of content to widen and differentiate our product offering, expanding into new segments and geographic regions.
Drive online solutions
Leverage our leadership brands and authoritative proprietary content to deliver innovative, solutions-oriented products that become embedded in customer workflows and enable Reed Elsevier to become an increasingly valued partner.
Improve cost efficiency
Leverage the scale, skill sets, technology, resources and collective experience of our businesses to improve cost efficiency.
Reshape and strengthen portfolio
Allocate capital and resources through a combination of internal investment and selective acquisitions to pursue opportunities that accelerate our strategic and business progress.
Financial strategy
Our business and financial strategy is directed at building revenue momentum, good margin improvement, high cash generation, adjusted earnings per share growth and growing returns on capital.
Our strengths
- We hold leadership positions in large global markets sustained by the increasing demand for professional information.
- We deliver authoritative content of the highest quality through market leading brands, enabling our professional customers to find the essential data, analysis and commentary to support their decisions.
- Our content and solutions are increasingly embedded in our customers’ workflows making them more effective and Reed Elsevier a more valued partner.
- We generate a large part of our revenues from subscriptions and other recurring revenue streams.
- Our focus on operational efficiency allows us to deliver good operating margin while funding investment in new products.
- The quality of our profits is underpinned by strong cash flow generation.
- We recruit and cultivate the best talent to serve our customers and manage our business with enterprise, professionalism and exceptional commitment.