CONTENTS
Preface page vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Company Histories
AAF-McQuay Incorporated 3 El Corte Ingles Group 128
ABC Carpet & Home Co. Inc. 6 Empi, Inc. 132
AB Volvo 9 Equity Marketing, Inc. 136
American Printing House for the Blind 13 Federal-Mogul Corporation 139
America Online, Inc. 16 Fortunoff Fine Jewelry and
Arcadis NV 21 Silverware Inc. 144
Ashworth, Inc. 25 Gage Marketing Group 147
Barr Laboratories, Inc. 29 Geffen Records Inc. 150
BHC Communications, Inc. 32 Gentex Corporation 153
Billing Concepts Corp. 35 GIB Group 158
Boart Longyear Company 39 Golden Enterprises, Inc. 163
Brown Printing Company 43 Gold Kist Inc. 166
Bruno's, Inc. 46 The Golub Corporation 169
Cabela's Inc. 49 GoodMark Foods, Inc. 172
Camelot Music, Inc. 52 Granite Rock Company 175
Campbell Soup Company 55 Groupe Dassault Aviation SA 179
Carey International, Inc. 60 GT Bicycles 183
The Charles Schwab Corporation 64 Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Christensen Boyles Corporation 68 Architects LLC 186
Chronimed Inc. 72 Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. 189
CMP Media Inc. 76 Holiday RV Superstores,Incorporated 192
Cockerill Sambre Group 81 Hospitality Worldwide Services, Inc 196
Commercial Financial Services, Inc. 85 HSBC Holdings plc 199
Compaq Computer Corporation 90 Iams Company 205
Computer Learning Centers, Inc. 94 IKEA International A/S 208
Consumers Union 97 Indigo NV 212
CORT Business Services Corporation 100 Inso Corporation 215
Crane & Co., Inc. 103 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 220
Cumberland Packing Corporation 107 J&R Electronics Inc. 224
Daffy's Inc. 110 Johnson Controls, Inc. 227
Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft113 Kansas Kity Southern Industries,Inc 233
Dixon Industries, Inc. 117 Kelly Services, Inc. 237
Domino Sugar Corporation 120 Koninklijke Nedlloyd N.V. 241
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 123 Koppers Industries, Inc. 245
Kraft Jacobs Suchard AG 249 Renault S.A. 401
Kubota Corporation 253 Republic Engineered Steels, Inc. 405
L.A. T Sportswear, Inc. 257 Republic Industries, Inc. 409
Lefrak Organization Inc. 260 RockShox, Inc. 412
Levy Restaurants L.P. 263 Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. 415
Littelfuse, Inc. 266 Rodamco N.V. 419
Maclean Hunter Publishing Limited 270 Rohm and Haas Company 422
Madge Networks N.V. 275 SABRE Group Holdings, Inc. 427
Mammoet Transport B.V. 278 Schuff Steel Company 431
McDonald's Corporation 281 Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc. 435
Mentor Corporation 286 SkyMall, Inc. 439
Meritage Corporation 289 Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. 442
Miller Industries, Inc. 293 Suiza Foods Corporation 447
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Sullivan & Cromwell 451
Company (3M) 296 The Sumitomo Bank, Limited 454
MITRE Corporation 300 Sunburst Hospitality Corporation 458
The Molson Companies Limited 303 Sun International Hotels Limited 462
Morris Travel Services L.L.C. 308 Sunkist Growers, Inc. 466
Motown Records Company L.P. 312 The Sunrider Corporation 470
Murdock Madaus Schwabe 315 Supercuts Inc. 475
National Audubon Society 320 The Swatch Group SA 479
National Beverage Corp. 324 Thomas Publishing Company 482
National Semiconductor Corporation 327 TIG Holdings, Inc. 486
NetCom Systems AB 331 Toolex International N.V. 489
Norelco Systems AB 334 The Toro Company 492
Northwest Airlines Corporation 337 Triple P N.V. 496
Norwood Promotional Products, Inc. 341 United Auto Group, Inc. 500
1-800-FLOWERS, Inc. 344 U.S. Foodservice 503
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. 347 USG Corporation 507
Owens-Illinois, Inc. 350 Victor Company of Japan, Limited 511
PACCAR Inc. 354 Visa International 514
PacifiCorp 357 Volt Information Sciences Inc. 518
Pentair, Inc. 361 AB Volvo 9
PetroFina S.A. 365 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 522
PG&E Corporation 370 Weirton Steel Corporation 527
Play by Play Toys & Novelties, Inc. 374 Werner Enterprises, Inc. 531
Post Properties, Inc. 377 The Wolfgang Puck Food Company,Inc 534
The Procter & Gamble Company 380 W.W. Grainger, Inc. 537
Questar Corporation 386 Xeikon NV 540
Quest Diagnostics Inc. 390 Xerox Corporation 543
The Really Useful Group 393 YES! Entertainment Corporation 548
Reebok International Ltd. 396
Index to Companies 551
Index to Industries 709
Notes on Contributors 733