CONTENTS
Preface page vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Company Histories
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. 3 The Coleman Company, Inc. 136
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. 6 Compuware Corporation 140
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 10 Correctional Services Corporation 144
A.H. Belo Corporation 13 Coudert Brothers 147
Aiwa Co., Ltd. 18 Covance Inc. 151
Alba-Waldensian, Inc. 21 Crane Co. 154
Albertson's Inc. 24 Delta Woodside Industries, Inc. 159
Allergan, Inc. 29 DePuy, Inc. 162
Alliant Techsystems Inc. 34 Do it Best Corporation 166
Alltrista corporation 38 Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. 171
American Banknote Corporation 42 Ducommun Incorporated 174
American Standard Companies Inc. 46 Edward Jones 177
Amerihost Properties, Inc. 51 Embers America Restaurants 180
Ames Department stores, Inc. 54 Emerson Radio Corp. 183
Amgen, Inc. 58 The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 187
Amway Corporation 62 Evans, Inc. 192
Barnes & Noble, Inc. 67 First Date Corporation 195
B/E Aerospace, Inc. 72 Forbes Inc. 199
BISSELL Inc. 75 Fortum Corporation 202
Blue Bell Creameries L.P. 79 Friendly Ice cream Corp. 208
The Broadmoor Hotel 82 Gabelli Asset Management Inc. 211
Burmah Castrol PLC 86 Gannett Co., Inc. 215
Bush Boake Allen Inc. 92 Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 218
Cable & Wireless HKT 95 G.I. Joe's, Inc. 221
Cablevision Systems Corporation 99 The Good Guys, Inc. 224
Cache Incorporated 104 Hanson PLC 228
Canary Wharf Group Plc 107 Happy Kids Inc. 233
Carhartt, Inc. 110 HEICO Corporation 236
Celadon Group Inc. 113 Huffy Corporation 239
Chesapeake Corporation 117 International Shipholding
Corporation, Inc. 241
Chorus Line Corporation 121
Informix Corporation 243
Citigroup Inc. 124
International Business Machines
Cobham plc 129 Corporation 247
Coborn's, Inc. 133
Ispat International N.V. 252 Premier Parks, Inc. 382
Jaco Electronics, Inc. 255 Response Oncology, Inc. 385
Jitney-Jungle Stores of America,Inc 245 Riviana Foods Inc. 388
Kelsey-Hayes Group of Companies 249 Saga Communications, Inc. 392
Kennecott Corporation 253 Saudi Arabian Airlines 395
Kerry Group plc 258 Simon Property Group, Inc. 399
Kesko Ltd. (Kesko Oy) 261 Simon Transportation Services Inc. 403
KeySpan Energy Co. 264 Singapore Airlines Ltd. 407
Kone Corporation 267 Smithsonian Institution 410
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. 271 Snap-On, Incorporated 414
Krause's Furniture, Inc. 274 Societe Air France 417
Lamar Advertising Company 278 Societe du Louvre 421
Learjet Inc. 281 Southern Union Company 424
Lifetime Hoan Corporation 286 Spiegel, Inc. 427
Lucky Stores, Inc. 290 Steelcase, Inc. 432
Manitou BF S.A. 294 Sudzucker AG 436
McCormick & Company, Incorporated 297 Suprema Specialties, Inc. 440
MCI WorldCom, Inc. 301 Supreme International Corporation 443
McKee Foods Corporation 309 Sybase, Inc. 447
Meijer Incorporated 312 Target Stores 451
Melamine Chemicals, Inc. 316 Teck Corporation 455
Microsoft Corporation 319 Tengelmann Group 459
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 324 Thai Airways International Public
Company Limited 463
Mossimo, Inc. 328
Mrs. Field's Original Cookies, Inc. 331 Thomaston Mills, Inc. 467
National Media Corporation 336 TNT Post Group N.V. 471
Nextel Communications, Inc. 341 Todhunter International, Inc. 477
Norton McNaughton, Inc. 346 Unique Casual Restaurants, Inc. 480
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. 350 Utah Power and Light Company 483
OEC Medical Systems, Inc. 354 Vendome Luxury Group plc 487
Paul,Hastings,Janofsky & Walker LLP 357 Viasoft Inc. 490
Penton Media, Inc. 360 Vickers plc 494
PictureTel Corp. 363 VNU N.V. 498
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. 367 Vorwerk & Co. 502
PlayCore, Inc. 370 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 505
Pleasant Company 373 Winnebago Industries, Inc. 509
Pluma, Inc. 376 Worms et Cie 513
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc. 379 Yahoo! Inc. 516
Index to Companies 521
Index to Industries 683
Notes on Contributors 707
