CONTENTS
Preface page vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Company Histories
Aaron Rents, Inc. 3 Curtiss-Wright Corporation 132
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 7 Dain Rauscher Corporation 138
Ace Hardware Corporation 11 Dan River Inc. 142
Acxiom Corporation 15 Donnelly Corporation 147
AEI Music Network Inc. 19 Dyckerhoff AG 151
Alpharma Inc. 22 EchoStar Communications Corporation 155
AMC Entertainment Inc. 27 Education Management Corporation 160
American Bar Association 30 EMAP plc 164
American Re Corporation 34 Erie Indemnity Company 167
Applebee's International, Inc. 38 Esporta plc 170
Arnold & Porter 42 Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. 173
Arthur D. Little, Inc. 45 Florida Crystals Inc. 176
Ashley Furniture Industries, Flowers Industries, Inc. 179
Inc. 49
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Astronics Corporation 52 Jacobson 183
Auntie Anne's, Inc. 55 Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. 187
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. 58 Genuardi's Family Markets, Inc. 190
Blue Bird Corporation 63 Girl Scouts of the USA 193
CanWest Global Communications Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 197
Corporation 67
Groupe SEB 201
Capital Radio plc 71
Groupe Zannier S.A. 204
Carnegie Corporation of
New York 74 Grupo Herdez, S.A. de C.V. 208
Carvel Corporation 78 Hanover Foods Corporation 211
CBRL Group, Inc. 82 HCA - The Healthcare Company 215
CertainTeed Corporation 86 Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation 219
The Charles Stark Draper Hunton & Williams 223
Laboratory, Inc. 90
Infogrames Entertainment S.A. 227
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. 93
Interep National Radio Sales Inc. 231
Chemfab Corporation 97
Inter Parfums Inc. 235
Citadel Communications
Corporation 102 The J. Jill Group, Inc. 239
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Johnston Press plc 242
Hamilton 106
Katz Media Group, Inc. 245
Colgate-Palmolive Company 110
Kaufring AG 249
CompUSA, Inc. 116
KB Toys 253
CoolBrands International Inc. 119
Konig Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG 256
Crain Communications, Inc. 123
CSS Industries, Inc. 128
Krause Publications, Inc. 259 Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport 360
Laboratoires de Biologie RAG AG 364
Vegetale Yves Rocher 262
Ralphs Grocery Company 368
Leica Camera AG 266
Rentrak Corporation 371
Leica Microsystems Holdings
GmbH 270 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 375
Lillian Vernon Corporation 274 Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. 379
Lions Gate Entertainment Ryanair Holdings plc 382
Corporation 278
Saucony Inc. 386
Mashantucket Pequot Gaming
Enterprise Inc. 282 Sauder Woodworking Company 390
MedImmune, Inc. 286 Scottish & Newcastle plc 394
Metropolitan Transportation SPAR Handels AG 398
Authority 290
Spelling Entertainment 402
Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. 293
Stuller Settings, Inc. 405
Motor Cargo Industries, Inc. 296
Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. 408
National Hockey League 300
Tasty Baking Company 412
Netscape Communications
Corporation 304 Tejon Ranch Company 417
New Look Group plc 308 TenFold Corporation 421
Noland Company 311 Trans World Airlines, Inc. 424
Norsk Hydro ASA 315 Valley Media Inc. 430
Organizacion Soriana, S.A. Vari-Lite International, Inc. 434
de C.V. 320
Vector Group Ltd. 437
Orthodontic Centers of America
Inc. 323 Vedior NV 441
Panda Management Company, Inc. 327 Venator Group Inc. 444
Paulaner Brauerei GmbH & Co. Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrink
KG 330 GmbH 450
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. 334 Wacker-Chemie GmbH 454
The Pew Charitable Trusts 337 Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 459
Platinum Entertainment, Inc. 341 Washington Football, Inc. 462
Plexus Corporation 345 White & Case LLP 466
Polaris Industries Inc. 348 Winston & Strawn 470
PR Newswire 354 YankeeNets LLC 474
Publishers Group, Inc. 357 York Research Corporation 478
Index to Companies 481
Index to Industries 655
Notes on Contributors 683
