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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2017
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment information is as follows (in thousands):
| For the years ended April 30,
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015
RESEARCH |  |  |
Revenue | $853,489 | $826,778 | $894,690
Contribution to Profit | $252,228 | $252,110 | $302,129
PUBLISHING |  |  |
Revenue | $633,449 | $695,728 | $747,105
Contribution to Profit | $125,703 | $126,058 | $97,642
SOLUTIONS |  |  |
Revenue | $231,592 | $204,531 | $180,645
Contribution to Profit | $14,822 | $3,992 | $639
Total Contribution to Profit | $392,753 | $382,160 | $400,410
Unallocated Shared Services and Administrative Costs | (186,600) | (194,047) | (162,671)
Operating Income | $206,153 | $188,113 | $237,739
Schedule of Shared Services and Administrative Costs by Function | The following table reflects total Shared Services and Administrative costs by function, which are partially allocated to business segments based on the methodologies described above:
| For the years ended April 30,
TOTAL SHARED SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Distribution & Operation Services | $75,806 | $80,043 | $85,758
Technology & Content Management | 266,801 | 258,641 | 245,415
Finance | 47,049 | 46,759 | 49,570
Other Administration | 117,659 | 131,803 | 121,396
One-time Pension Settlement (see Note 15) | 8,842 | - | -
Restructuring Charges (see Note 6) | 8,023 | 20,080 | 18,293
Total | $524,180 | $537,326 | $520,432
Schedule of Total Revenue by Product/Service and Total Assets, Expenditure for Long-Lived Assets and Depreciation and Amortization by Segment |
| For the years ended April 30,
Total Revenue by Product/Service | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Journals | $834,423 | $826,778 | $894,690
Platform Services (Atypon) | 19,066 | - | -
Books and Reference Material | 487,598 | 560,973 | 643,138
Course Workflow | 62,348 | 58,519 | 54,200
Online Program Management | 111,638 | 96,469 | 81,593
Professional Assessment | 59,868 | 57,370 | 57,035
Corporate Learning | 60,086 | 50,692 | 42,017
Other | $83,503 | $76,236 | $49,767
Total | $1,718,530 | $1,727,037 | $1,822,440
Total Assets |  |  |
Research | $1,133,846 | $1,235,609 | $1,237,969
Publishing | 582,339 | 672,987 | 652,923
Solutions | 575,068 | 439,554 | 459,260
Corporate/Shared Services | 314,964 | 572,946 | 654,091
Total | $2,606,217 | $2,921,096 | $3,004,243
Expenditures for Long Lived Assets |  |  |
Research | $(160,544) | $(31,615) | $(9,744)
Publishing | (31,968) | (37,272) | (39,421)
Solutions | (8,739) | - | (165,785)
Corporate/Shared Services | (101,774) | (82,508) | (65,821)
Total | $(303,025) | $(151,395) | $(280,771)
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |
Research | $29,330 | $26,410 | $26,084
Publishing | 43,831 | 47,108 | 46,526
Solutions | 26,792 | 22,927 | 22,644
Corporate/Shared Services | 56,608 | 59,404 | 58,671
Total | $156,561 | $155,849 | $153,925
Revenue from External Customers Based on Location of The Customer and Long-Lived Assets by Geographical Area | Revenue from external customers based on the location of the customer and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows (in thousands):
| Revenue |  | Long-Lived Assets (Technology, Property & Equipment) |
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
United States | $786,574 |  | $884,185 |  | $920,166 |  | $208,572 |  | $166,878 |  | $143,786 |
United Kingdom | 189,479 |  | 153,442 |  | 142,680 |  | 21,368 |  | 23,246 |  | 24,711 |
Germany | 75,090 |  | 69,676 |  | 83,714 |  | 8,770 |  | 9,629 |  | 9,781 |
Japan | 62,674 |  | 76,930 |  | 84,420 |  | 75 |  | 35 |  | 21 |
China | 39,653 |  | 52,815 |  | 45,159 |  | 270 |  | 244 |  | 307 |
India | 34,306 |  | 38,208 |  | 39,494 |  | 245 |  | 234 |  | 180 |
Australia | 66,309 |  | 78,786 |  | 80,380 |  | 591 |  | 1,041 |  | 1,696 |
France | 44,760 |  | 49,970 |  | 57,492 |  | 9,765 |  | 9,517 |  | 6,720 |
Canada | 50,740 |  | 50,243 |  | 56,949 |  | 1,232 |  | 1,617 |  | 1,606 |
Other Countries | 368,945 |  | 272,782 |  | 311,986 |  | 1,600 |  | 2,329 |  | 4,202 |
Total | $1,718,530 |  | $1,727,037 |  | $1,822,440 |  | $252,488 |  | $214,770 |  | $193,010 |

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