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The Advisory Board Company (The Advisory Board) provides best practices research, analysis, executive education and decision support tools to hospitals, health systems, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, healthcare insurers, medical device companies, universities and other education institutions primarily in the United States. Best practices research identifies, analyzes and describes specific management initiatives, strategies and processes that produce the best results in solving common problems or challenges. The Company serves more than 2,700 members. Each of its programs provides members with assistance in addressing one of three primary issue sets: strategic issues, operational issues or management issues. In May 2008, the Company acquired Crimson, a provider of data, analytics and business intelligence software to hospitals, health systems and physician clinics.(Source: 10-K)