| Business Summary | | RoweCom
Inc.
is
a
business-to-business
provider
of
high-quality
service
and
e-commerce
solutions
for
purchasing
and
managing
the
acquisition
of
magazines,
newspapers,
journals
and
e-journals,
books
and
other
printed
sources
of
commercial,
scientific
and
general
interest
information
and
analysis
(collectively,
knowledge
resources).
RoweCom
offers
its
clients
and
their
employees
easy
and
convenient
access
to
one
of
the
largest
catalogs
of
knowledge
resources
on
the
Internet.
RoweCom
also
provides
businesses,
academic
and
other
non-profit
institutions
with
a
highly
effective
means
of
managing
and
controlling
purchases
of
knowledge
resources
and
reducing
costs.
RoweCom's
services
fall
into
two
main
categories:
library
services
and
desktop
services.
RoweCom
targets
clients
in
knowledge-intense
industries,
such
as
business
and
financial
services;
biomedical;
academic
and
the
federal
government;
and
corporate
and
professional
services. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | ROWE
is
a
business-to-business
provider
of
e-commerce
solutions
for
purchasing
and
managing
the
acquisition
of
magazines,
newspapers,
journals,
books
and
other
printed
sources
of
commercial,
scientific
and
general
interest
info.
and
analysis.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
revenues
rose
65%
to
$149.3
million.
Net
loss
before
extraordinary
item
fell
44%
to
$16.9
million.
Results
reflect
growth
in
the
client
base,
partially
offset
by
higher
cost
of
revenues
as
a
percentage
of
revenues. | More
from
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Developments |
| | | | FY1999 Pay | |
| Richard Rowe, Ph.D., 67 Chairman,
CEO | $253K | Jim Krzywicki, 48 COO
and Pres, North American Operations | -- | Rodney Smith VP-Fin., Treasurer | -- | Ian Best, 51 VP,
CTO | -- | Charles Germain, 54 Pres
of RoweCom Europe, Asia-Pacific & Latin America | -- | Dollar
amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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from
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Compensation,
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