CONTENTS
Preface page vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Company Histories
ACE Cash Express, Inc. 3 Dave & Buster's, Inc. 126
adidas-Salomon AG 7 David's Bridal, Inc. 130
Adobe Systems Inc. 12 Delta and Pine Land Company 133
Aerolineas Argentinas S.A. 17 Eateries, Inc. 138
Aeroports de Paris 20 Encompass Services Corporation 141
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.23 Enrich International, Inc. 145
Allen Organ Company 26 Falcon Products, Inc. 149
American Rice, Inc. 30 Firstar Corporation 152
American Tower Corporation 34 Fiserv, Inc. 156
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. 39 Fiskars Corporation 161
Analytical Surveys, Inc. 43 Flowserve Corporation 165
Anaren Microwave, Inc. 46 Gardenburger, Inc. 169
Austrian Airlines AG (Osterreichische Golden State Vintners, Inc. 172
Luftverkehrs AG) 49
Groupe Lapeyre S.A. 175
AVA AG (Allgemeine Handelsgesellschaft
der Verbraucher AG) 53 Havas SA 178
BAA plc 57 HealthSouth Corporation 183
Bashas' Inc. 62 Herley Industries, Inc. 187
Bates Worldwide, Inc. 65 The Hertz Corporation 190
Bowthorpe plc 70 Hochtief AG 194
Brauerei Beck & Co. 73 HomeBase, Inc. 198
British Vita plc 77 Hot Topic, Inc. 202
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation 80 Iceland Group plc 205
Calcot Ltd. 84 Intuit Inc. 208
Carbone Lorraine S.A. 88 Iron Mountain, Inc. 212
Charter Communications, Inc. 91 ITT Educational Services, Inc. 215
Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. 95 Jenoptik AG 218
China Southern Airlines Company Ltd. 98 J.M. Voith AG 222
ClubCorp, Inc. 101 Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 226
Collins Industries, Inc. 105 Kampgrounds of America, Inc.(KOA)230
Conseco, Inc. 108 KPMG International 234
Corel Corporation 113 The Krystal Company 239
Credit Lyonnais 117 K-Swiss, Inc. 243
Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. 122 Kulicke and Soffa Industries,Inc 246
La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe249
Latham & Watkins 252 RDO Equipment Company 362
L.B. Foster Company 255 Rent-Way, Inc. 366
Legg Mason, Inc. 259 Roy F. Westeon, Inc. 369
LEXIS-NEXIS Group 263 Rush Communications 373
LOT Polish Airlines (Polskie Linie Sabena S.A./N.V. 376
Lotnicze S.A.) 268 Stericycle Inc. 380
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA 272 Strouds, Inc. 383
Mackie Designs Inc. 278 TelePizza S.A. 387
Mannatech Inc. 282 Tennant Company 390
Marconi plc 286 Thomas Cook Travel Inc. 394
MBNA Corporation 291 Thousand Trails, Inc. 397
Meteor Industries Inc. 295 The Todd-AO COrporation 400
Metropole Television 298 Torchmark Corporation 405
Midway Airlines Corporation 301 Trendwest Resorts, Inc. 409
Minyard Food Stores, Inc. 304 Tumbleweed, Inc. 412
Le Monde S.A. 308 Ty Inc. 415
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company 311 UICI 418
Navy Federal Credit Union 315 United Jewish Communities 422
Northern Rock plc 318 United Retail Group Inc. 426
Paxson Communications Corporation 322 Universal Studios, Inc. 429
Penn National Gaming, Inc. 327 Wakefern Food Corporation 434
PeopleSoft Inc. 330 Wall Street Deli, Inc. 438
Pittway Corporation 334 The Washington Companies 442
Poliet S.A. 338 Weight Watchers International Inc 446
Pomeroy Computer Resources, Inc. 341 Weiner's Stores, Inc. 450
Presstek, Inc. 345 Westaff Inc. 454
Pulaski Furniture Corporation 349 Wolters Kluwer NV 458
Pyramid Breweries Inc. 353 World Bank Group 462
Rabobank Group 356 Wynn's International, Inc. 466
Raven Industries, Inc. 359 Zion's Cooperative Mercantile
Institution 471
Index to Companies 475
Index to Industries 647
Notes on Contributors 675
