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getAbstract is the most straightforward and intuitive blended learning solution for your employees in the elds of leadership, management, marketing, human resources, nance and strategy. getAbstract raises the level of the essential business management knowledge in your company and is being used by more than 2.5 million professionals. getAbstract does something incredibly simple. Our global editorial team examines more than 6,000 of the most recognized business books each year and summarizes the best of them in a 5-page format. Each summary is electronically delivered in PDF, Palm format or Microsoft Reader format. The result is a comprehensive library that today includes more than 3,000 summaries in two languages (English and German) and is currently the largest reference content database for business professionals in the world. New titles are added every day. The getAbstract Library is structured in approximately 90 categories, an organization that enables your employees to nd relevant learning content quickly. This tremendous concentration of knowledge will provide your employees with a decisive competitive advantage that you cannot obtain anywhere else. The weekly Personalized Summary Service delivers precisely the learning content that your employees need for their jobs. This is what makes getAbstract especially valuable. Every user can store his or her personalized interest prole. Once per week, users will get a new summary based on their individual prole, guaranteeing that they remain always up-to-date in their eld. Of course, all users have unrestricted access to the entire getAbstract Library at any time and can download as many summaries as they wish. We work with you to customize getAbstracts library to meet your needs. Our technicians have straightforward solutions in place for competency matching, seamlessly embedding getAbstracts summaries into your existing content, look and feel adaptations and integration of summaries into your corporate search spider. getAbstracts professionals are at your disposal around the clock for any sort of custom implementation.

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1. High Usage: With getAbstract you will achieve high usage of your corporate LMS or Intranet. Unlike providers with static modules, (e.g., Skillsoft or Harvard ManageMentor) our learning content is highly attractive due to its intuitive presentation and applicability. 2. High ROI: getAbstract raises the level of business management knowledge in your company while ltering out all of the academic stuff. This translates into measurable time savings and actual learning effect. Your employees get tools and content that they can actually use. 3. Personalized Service: The weekly Personalized Summary Service delivers precisely the content that your employees need for their jobs. They tell us what theyre interested in and we send them the relevant summaries. Personalized interest proles can be adjusted at any time. This service is automatically included in every getAbstract solution. 4. Save Time: Who has time to click through a complicated learning program? Your employees download summaries with a single mouse click, print them out and read them right away. Or they can download the summaries to their PDAs (personal digital assistants) the perfect solution for people on the go. 5. Blended Learning: getAbstract can be used in the ofce or at home, both online and ofine. This increases the attractiveness of the content and frees up productive working time. 6. Global Perspective: Since getAbstract constantly summarizes the content of the best business books from more then 250 global publishers, a continuous ow of fresh and relevant learning content is guaranteed. With this comprehensive library your employees won't miss a business trend, no matter where it originates. 7. Legitimacy: Your employees won't wonder where the learning content comes from. Our editorial team examines more than 6,000 business books each year and rates them with respect to applicability and innovation. We only select the best for you written by the worlds most respected business authors. All our summaries are copyrighted and publisher approved and may not be distributed elsewhere without our permission. 8. Editorial Excellence: Our summaries are written by our world-class editorial team. Our writers also publish in The New York Times, Fortune, Financial Times, BusinessWeek and in other leading publications in the USA and in Europe. 9. Easy to Implement, Easy to Maintain: All content is hosted on the getAbstract servers. Webbased usage tracking provides full transparency and control. The implementation takes just minutes and is virtually maintenance-free.

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We compress the most authoritative business knowledge from the best sources (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Wharton, Yale) into a highly intuitive format.

This knowledge can be accessed onand ofine, at work and at home. Our proven ability to generate high usage among your employees sets getAbstract apart from education providers with static modules. We achieve these results through the continuous ow of fresh content and its direct applicability to realworld business.

getAbstract is compatible with all existing LMS platforms. Implementation is fast and easy. Whether its competency matching or complete integration, were delivering high customer satisfaction globally.

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