CONTENTS
Preface page vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Company Histories
AARP 3 Duke Energy Corporation 128
Academy Sports & Outdoors 6 EgyptAir 132
Accor SA 9 Eiffage 136
Action Performance Companies, Inc. 13 800-JR Cigar, Inc. 139
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc. 16 Fab Industries, Inc. 142
AHL Services, Inc. 20 Fazoli's Systems, Inc. 145
Air-India Limited 24 Federation Internationale de
Airtours Plc 27 Football Association 148
The Allstate Corporation 30 Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons 152
American Classic Voyages Company 34 Firearms Training Systems, Inc. 156
American Italian Pasta Company 38 Frymaster Corporation 159
American Media, Inc. 41 Garden Ridge Corporation 163
American National Insurance Company 45 Gateway, Inc. 166
Armor Holdings, Inc. 49 GEA AG 170
AXA Colonia Konzern AG 52 GEHE AG 175
Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. 56 Genesee & Wyoming Inc. 179
Bernard Chaus, Inc. 59 GPU, Inc. 182
Bethlehem Steel Corporation 62 Groupe DMC (Dollfus Mieg & Cie) 186
Block Drug Company, Inc. 67 Grundig AG 189
Bridgford Foods Corporation 71 Ha-Lo Industries, Inc. 193
Briggs & Stratton Corporation 74 Hain Food Group, Inc. 196
BTR Siebe plc 79 Harveys Casino Resorts 199
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation 82 Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc 202
Carnival Corporation 90 Hays Plc 205
Carrefour SA 93 Highmark Inc. 208
Cessna Aircraft Company 97 Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. 212
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG 102 Hunt Consolidated, Inc. 215
CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. 106 Hypercom Corporation 219
Cost Plus, Inc. 109 IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. 222
Cutter & Buck Inc. 112 Il Fornaio (America) Corporation 225
Cytec Industries Inc. 115 Imo Industries Inc. 229
Darty S.A. 118 Indiana Energy, Inc. 233
Death Row Records 121 Intermountain Health Care, Inc. 237
DIMON Inc. 124
International Shipholding Premier Parks, Inc. 382
Corporation, Inc. 241 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 Inc403
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 Corporation443
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
Mossimo, Inc. 328 Company Limited 463
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