[open-science] [Open-access] Elsevier: some facts, by Tim Gowers

Wed Apr 30 15:41:19 UTC 2014

This conversation seems to have wandered from Elsevier abusing its
(possibly monopoly) position to Elsevier's profit margin. While the two
could be related, are us folks concerned that Elsevier is making money
hands-over-fist, or that they are not providing us with a satisfactory
solution? am curious. Case in point -- Apple's margins are around the same
as Elsevier's yet I have little to complain about and happily buy their
products in spite of alternatives (just not as good, in my view) of my my
own volition.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Song, Stephen <stephen.song at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 30 April 2014 12:08, Graham Triggs <grahamtriggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30 April 2014 14:45, Bjoern Brembs <b.brembs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Someone needs to do an infographic on that and compare these margins to
>>> other industries...
>>>
>>
>> What, you mean like this? (Comparison, rather than infographic. And yes,
>> it's a couple of years out of date)
>>
>>
>> http://seekingalpha.com/article/269679-oil-industry-profit-margin-ranks-fairly-low-there-are-bigger-fish
>>
>
> Here is a long list from the Internet Information Provider world.  There
> is quite a variance.
>
>
> http://www.macroaxis.com/invest/marketScreener/stockIndustry/operatingMargin/Internet_Information_Providers
>
>
> ..
>

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Puneet Kishor
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