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CONTENTS
Preface ............................... page ix
List of Abbreviations .................. xi
Company Histories
- ACCO World Corporation 3
- Adam Opel AG 6
- Aerospatiale 9
- Affiliated Publications, Inc 13
- Agway, Inc 17
- Albertson's Inc . 19
- American Greetings Corporation 23
- America's Favorite Chicken Company, Inc. . .26
- Amsted Industries Incorporated 29
- Arch Mineral Corporation 32
- Automobiles Citroen 35
- Avondale Industries, Inc . 39
- Bauer Publishing Group 42
- Bausch & Lomb Inc . 44
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation 48
- British Broadcasting Corporation 52
- British Petroleum Company PLC 56
- Bruno'sInc 60
- Cablevision Systems Corporation 63
- Campbell Soup Company 66
- Carrier Corporation 70
- CBI Industries, Inc 74
- Central Independent Television pIc 78
- Central Soya Company, Inc . 81
- Chiquita Brands International, Inc 84
- Citizens Utilities Company 87
- Comcast Corporation 90
- Commerce Clearing House, Inc 93
- Commodore International Ltd 95
- Continental Cablevision, Inc 98
- Crown Central Petroleum Corporation 101
- Curtice-Burns Foods, Inc . 104
- Cyprus Minerals Company 107
- Daihatsu Motor Company, Ltd . 110
- Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc 113
- Danaher Corporation 116
- DDI Corporation 118
- De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited 121
- Dean Foods Company 127
- Del Monte Corporation 130
- Delaware North Companies Incorporated 133
- Deluxe Corporation 137
- Deutsche BP Aktiengesellschaft 140
- Diebold, Inc 144
- Directorate General of Telecommunications . 147
- Domino's Pizza, Inc . 150
- E & J Gallo Winery 154
- The E.W. Scripps Company 157
- Eastman Kodak Company 160
- Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc 165
- Exxon Corporation 169
- Farmland Foods, Inc .
- Figgie International Inc . 176
- FINA, Inc . 179
- Foster's Brewing Group Ltd 182
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc . 185
- Gannett Co., Inc 190
- Geneva Steel 193
- Gerber Products Company 196
- Gillett Holdings, Inc . 199
- Grand Union Company 202
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corp . 205
- Hanson PLC 207
- Harley-Davidson Inc 211
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office 215
- Hino Motors, Ltd . 219
- Home Box Office Inc . 222
- Huffy Corporation 225
- Hunt Oil Company 228
- Hyundai Group 231
- Imo Industries Inc 235
- International Data Group 238
- International Multifoods Corporation 241
- IPC Magazines Limited 244
- Japan Broadcasting Corporation 248
- John Fairfax Holdings Limited 251
- Jostens Inc 255
- Kelsey-Hayes Group of Companies 258
- Kennecott Corporation 261
- KFC Corporation 265
- Kohler Company 269
- Kraft General Foods Inc 272
- Little Caesar International, Inc . 278
- The Louisiana Land and Exploration
- Company 280
- Macmillan, Inc 284
- Magma Copper Company 287
- Manville Corporation 291
- Mark IV Industries, Inc . 296
- Mars, Inc . 299
- Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd . 302
- Mattel, Inc 304
- Maxus Energy Corporation 308
- Maxwell Communication Corporation p1c: . .311
- McCormick & Company, Incorporated 314
- McDonald's Corporation 317
- McKee Foods Corporation 320
- MDU Resources Group, Inc . 322
- Media General, Inc 326
- Meijer Incorporated 329
- Mercury Communications, Ltd . 332
- Metromedia Company 335
- Mid-America Dairymen, Inc 338
- Mirror Group Newspapers ple 341
- Mitchell Energy and Development
- Corporation 344
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd 347
- Mobil Corporation 351
- Morrison Knudsen Corporation 355
- Mueller Industries, Inc 359
- Murphy Oil Corporation 362
- Nabisco Foods Group 365
- NACCO Industries, Inc . 369
- National Convenience Stores Incorporated . . 372
- NERCO, Inc . 376
- Nestlé S.A 380
- Newmont Mining Corporation 385
- News Corporation Limited 389
- Nintendo Co., Ltd 394
- Noranda Inc 397
- Nucor Corporation 400
- Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc . 403
- Oneida Ltd . 406
- ONEOK Inc 409
- Oryx Energy Company 413
- Oshkosh Truck Corporation 416
- Pentair, Inc . 419
- Perdue Farms Inc . 422
- The Perkin-Elmer Corporation 425
- Pet Incorporated 428
- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 432
- Pizza Hut Inc 434
- Polaroid Corporation 436
- Publix Super Markets Inc 440
- Quaker State Corporation 443
- Republic Engineered Steels, Inc 446
- Rich Products Corporation 448
- Richfood Holdings, Inc . 450
- Roland Murten A.G 452
- Rolls-Royce plc 454
- Rover Group Ple 458
- Saturn Corporation 461
- Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc . 465
- Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc 468
- Service America Corp . 471
- Shoney's, Inc 474
- Smithfield Foods, Inc 477
- Snap-on Tools Corporation 479
- Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine 481
- Southam. Inc . 486
- The Southland Corporation 490
- Steelcase Inc . 493
- Sun-Diamond Growers of California 496
- Sun Microsystems, Inc 498
- Sundstrand Corporation 502
- Taco Bell 505
- Telecom Eireann 508
- Television Espafiola, S.A . 511
- Terex Corporation 513
- Tesoro Petroleum Corporation 516
- Thermo Electron Corporation 520
- Thom Apple Valley, Inc . 523
- Time Warner Inc . 526
- Timex Enterprises Inc . 531
- The Toro Company 534
- Tosco Corporation 537
- Trinity Industries, Incorporated 540
- Unilever PLC 542
- Universal Foods Corporation 546
- USX Corporation 549
- Valero Energy Corporation 553
- Van Camp Seafood Company, Inc 556
- VECO International, Inc 558
- Viacom International Inc . 560
- Village Super Market, Inc . 563
- AB Volvo 565
- The Vons Companies, Incorporated 569
- Vulcan Materials Company 572
- Wattie's Ltd 576
- West Publishing Co 579
- Westmoreland Coal Company 582
- Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp 586
- Winnebago Industries, Inc 589
- Wisconsin Dairies 592
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 594
- Worthington Industries, Inc 598
Index to Companies and Persons 601
Index to Industries 745
Notes on Contributors 755
Preface ..................................... page ix
List of Abbreviations ...................... xi
Company Histories
- A.G. Edwards, Inc . 3
- A. Schulman, Inc 6
- ADVANTA Corp 9
- Albany International Corp . 12
- Alberto-Culver Company 15
- Allegheny Ludlum Corporation 18
- Alliant Techsystems, Inc . 21
- American Cyanamid 24
- American National Insurance Company 27
- American Residential Mortgage
- Corporation 30
- Amoskeag Company 32
- Apogee Enterprises, Inc 34
- Arvin Industries, Inc 37
- The Austin Company 41
- BankAmerica Corporation 45
- Beech Aircraft Corporation 49
- Bemis Company, Inc 53
- Beneficial Corporation 56
- BIC Corporation 59
- Block Drug Company, Inc 62
- Boise Cascade Corporation 65
- Brenntag AG 68
- Briggs & Stratton Corporation 70
- The Budd Company 74
- Cabot Corporation 77
- Carlisle Companies Incorporated 80
- Carter-Wallace, Inc 83
- Centex Corporation 87
- Cessna Aircraft Company 90
- Charles Schwab Corp . 94
- Charming Shoppes, Inc . 97
- Chemcentral Corporation 99
- Chesapeake Corporation 102
- Chesebrough-Pond's USA, Inc . 105
- Ciba-Geigy Ltd . 108
- The Clark Construction Group, Inc . 112
- Clark Equipment Company 114
- Commercial Credit Company 117
- Cone Mills Corporation 120
- Consolidated Papers, Inc . 123
- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company 126
- Cosmair, Inc . 129
- Crane Co 133
- Data General Corporation 137
- Delta Woodside Industries, Inc . 141
- The Dial Corp . 144
- Dow Chemical Company 147
- E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 151
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc . 155
- The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation 159
- EG&G Incorporated 163
- Elizabeth Arden Co 166
- Esprit de Corp . 169
- Federal Paper Board Company, Inc . 173
- Ferro Corporation 176
- First Brands Corporation 180
- First Mississippi Corporation 183
- First of America Bank Corporation 187
- Fluor Corporation 190
- FMR Corp 194
- Fort Howard Corporation 197
- Fruit of the Loom, Inc 200
- Gaylord Container Corporation 203
- GenCorp Inc . 206
- Genentech, Inc 209
- General Tire, Inc . 212
- Genetics Institute, Inc . 215
- The Gitano Group, Inc 219
- The Glidden Company 222
- Gordon Food Service Inc 225
- Great American Management and
- Investment, Inc . 228
- Great Lakes Bancorp 232
- Guilford Mills Inc 234
- H.B. Fuller Company 237
- Hamischfeger Industries, Inc 241
- Harsco Corporation 245
- Hartmarx Corporation 248
- Haworth Inc 251
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc 253
- Herman Miller, Inc 255
- Holnam. Inc 258
- Huntsman Chemical Corporation 261
- IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc 264
- Inland Container Corporation 267
- Interface, Inc . 270
- The Interlake Corporation 273
- Jackson National Life Insurance
- Company 276
- Japan Leasing Corporation 278
- Johnson & Johnson 281
- Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation 284
- Kellwood Company 287
- The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company 290
- Kesko Ltd (Kesko Oy) 293
- KeyCorp 295
- KitchenAid 298
- The Koll Company 300
- L'Oréal 341
- L.A. Gear, Inc . 303
- Lancaster Colony Corporation 307
- LDDS-Metro Communications, Inc . 310
- Learjet Inc 313
- Lee Apparel Company, Inc 317
- Lennox International Inc . 320
- The Leslie Fay Companies, Inc 323
- Lincoln Property Company 326
- Liz Claiborne, Inc 329
- Loctite Corporation 332
- Longview Fibre Company 335
- Loral Corporation 338
- M.A. Hanna Company 345
- MAXXAM Inc 348
- Medtronic, Inc . 351
- Melvin Simon and Associates, Inc 355
- Menasha Corporation 358
- Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc . 362
- Microdot Inc . 365
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company (3M) 369
- Modine Manufacturing Company 372
- Nagase & Company, Ltd . 376
- Nash Finch Company 379
- Nashua Corporation 382
- NCH Corporation 385
- New Street Capital Inc 388
- Nike, Inc 391
- Norton Company 395
- NutraSweet Company 398
- NVR L.P 401
- Office Depot Incorporated 404
- Oxford Industries, Inc . 406
- P&C Foods Inc . 409
- P.H. Glatfelter Company 412
- The Parsons Corporation 415
- Perini Corporation 418
- Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc 422
- Petrie Stores Corporation 425
- Potlatch Corporation 428
- The Procter & Gamble Company 431
- Pulte Corporation 436
- Quantum Chemical Corporation 439
- R.H. Macy & Co., Inc 442
- Raychem Corporation 446
- Rouge Steel Company 448
- Roussel Uclaf 451
- RPM Inc 454
- Russell Corporation 458
- The Ryland Group, Inc . 460
- Safety-Kleen Corp . 462
- Seagate Technology, Inc . 466
- Seattle First National Bank Inc . 469
- Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc 472
- Sonoco Products Company 475
- Southwire Company, Inc . 478
- Spartan Stores Inc 481
- Specialty Coatings Inc 483
- St. Joe Paper Company 485
- St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives 489
- State Street Boston Corporation 491
- Stinnes AG 494
- Stouffer Corp 498
- Stride Rite Corporation 502
- Superior Industries International, Inc . 505
- Tambrands Inc 511
- Tecumseh Products Company 514
- Tektronix, Inc . 517
- Texas Industries, Inc 522
- The Thomson Corporation 525
- The Timken Company 529
- Trammell Crow Company 532
- Triarc Companies, Inc. (formerly DWG Corporation) 535
- The Turner Corporation 538
- U.S. Home Corporation 541
- United Dominion Industries Limited 544
- The Upjohn Company 547
- Valassis Communications, Inc 550
- The Valspar Corporation 552
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc 555
- Walton Monroe Mills, Inc . 558
- Wellman, Inc 561
- Wendy's International, Inc . 563
- West Point-Pepperell, Inc 566
- Wheaton Industries 570
Index to Companies and Persons 575
Index to Industries .. 727
Notes on Contributors .. 739
Preface page ix
List of Abbreviations ... xi
Company Histories
- Ackerley Communications, Inc 3
- Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc 6
- Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité
- Allied Signal Engines 12
- Allison Gas Turbine Division 16
- Ames Department Stores, Inc 20
- AMETEK, Inc 23
- Applied Power, Inc 26
- Asahi National Broadcasting Company, Ltd. . 29
- Ascom AG 32
- ASK Group, Inc 35
- Associated Grocers, Incorporated 38
- AST Research Inc . 41
- Atari Corporation 44
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc 48
- AutoZone, Inc . 52
- Avnet Inc . 55
- Barnett Banks, Inc . 58
- Bell and Howell Company 61
- Best Buy Co., Inc 65
- Bindley Western Industries, Inc 67
- BISSELL, Inc . 70
- Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation 73
- Bob Evans Farms, Inc 76
- Borland International, Inc 80
- Bramalea Ltd 83
- Brauerei Beck & Co 86
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 88
- British Vita PLC 92
- Budget Rent a Car Corporation 94
- C. R. Bard Inc 96
- Carlsberg A/S 99
- Cascade Natural Gas Corporation 102
- Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc . 105
- Chemical Waste Management, Inc 108
- Chiles Offshore Corporation Ill
- CHIPS and Technologies, In~ 114
- Chris-Craft Industries, Inc . 118
- Circuit City Stores, Inc . 120
- Citicorp 123
- The Coleman Company, Inc 127
- Comdisco, Inc . 130
- Converse Inc . 133
- Coopers & Lybrand 137
- Corporate Software Inc . 139
- County Seat Stores Inc . 142
- Crate and Barrel 144
- Crédit Lyonnais 147
- Crédit National S.A 150
- Crompton & Knowles Corp . 153
- Crystal Brands, Inc 156
- Darigold, Inc . 159
- Day & Zimmermann Inc . 162
- Dell Computer Corp . 165
- Deloitte & Touche 167
- Digi International Inc . 170
- Dime Savings Bank of New York, F.S.B. 173
- Dole Food Company, Inc 175
- Dr Pepper/ 7Up Companies, Inc 177
- Duracell International Inc 179
- Eckerd Corporation 186
- Eddie Bauer Inc 188
- Edison Brothers Stores, Inc 191
- Egghead Inc 194
- 84 Lumber Company 196
- Ernst & Young 198
- Esté Lauder Inc 201
- E-Systems, Inc 182
- Fairchild Aircraft, Inc . 205
- Federated Department Stores Inc 209
- Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc 213
- Fingerhut Companies, Inc 218
- First Fidelity Bank, N.A., New Jersey 221
- Fisons PIC 224
- Fleet Financial Group, Inc . 228
- FlightSafety International, Inc 231
- Florsheim Shoe Company 234
- Four Seasons Hotels Inc 237
- Franklin Resources, Inc . 239
- The Gates Corporation 241
- GE Aircraft Engines 244
- GenCorp Inc . 247
- General Signal Corporation 250
- Genuine Parts Company 253
- Georgia Gulf Corporation 256
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation ..... 259
- Glaxo Holdings PLC 263
- Global Marine Inc 266
- H & R Block, Incorporated . .268
- HAL Inc 271
- Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc 274
- Helmsley Enterprises, Inc ; 278
- Hemlo Gold Mines Inc . 281
- The Hertz Corporation 283
- Hubbell Incorporated 286
- IMI PIC 288
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc 290
- Isuzu Motors, Ltd 293
- Itel Corporation 296
- JWP Inc . 300
- Keyes Fibre Company 303
- King World Productions, Inc 306
- KnowledgeWare Inc . 309
- Kohl's Corporation 312
- Lands' End, Inc . 314
- Lever Brothers Company 317
- LIN Broadcasting Corp . 320
- Loral Corporation 323
- Manpower, Inc 326
- Marion Merrell Dow, Inc 328
- Mary Kay Corporation 330
- MasterCard International, Inc . 333
- Mayo Foundation 336
- Mazda Motor Corporation 340
- McKinsey & Company, Inc . 343
- Medco Containment Services Inc 346
- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation 349
- Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd 352
- Monsanto Company 355
- Morton Intemational Inc . 358
- Musicland Stores Corporation 360
- Nabors Industries, Inc . 363
- National Geographic Society 366
- New York Stock Exchange, Inc 369
- Newell Co 373
- The Nikko Securities Company Limited 377
- Nobel Industries AB 380
- Nomura Securities Company, Limited 383
- Northern Trust Company 387
- Olympia & York Developments Ltd 390
- OshKosh B'Gosh, Inc . 393
- Pall Corporation 396
- Pay 'N Pak Stores, Inc 399
- Pfizer Inc . 402
- Pinkerton's Inc 406
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc . 410
- Pittway Corporation 413
- Pratt & Whitney 416
- Premier Industrial Corporation 419
- Price Waterhouse 422
- Promus Companies, Inc t 425
- QVC Network Inc 428
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company 430
- Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc . 433
- Reebok Intemational Ltd . 436
- Reliance Electric Company 439
- Rheinmetall Berlin AG 443
- Riklis Family Corp . 447
- Riser Foods, Inc 451
- Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company 455
- Rohr Incorporated 458
- Scarborough Public Utilities Commission ... 461
- SCI Systems, Inc . 463
- Shaw Industries 465
- Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. . . .468
- Silicon Graphics Incorporated 471
- Society Corporation 474
- Sprint Communications Company, L.P. . . . .478
- Standard Federal Bank 481
- Sunbeam-Oster Co., Inc 484
- Suzuki Motor Corporation 487
- Talisman Energy 490
- Telephone and Data Systems, Inc . 494
- Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine 497
- Thiokol Corporation 500
- Thomas Cook Travel Inc . 503
- Torchmark Corporation 506
- Totem Resources Corporation 509
- Tridel Enterprises Inc . 512
- U.S. Robotics Inc 514
- Union Carbide Corporation 516
- Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc 521
- United HealthCare Corporation 524
- United States Cellular Corporation 527
- Univar Corporation 530
- UST Inc . 533
- Visa International 536
- Washington Natural Gas Company 539
- Waxman Industries, Inc 542
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc 545
- Westin Hotel Co 547
- Weyerhaeuser Company 550
- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation 553
Index to Companies and Pesons 555
Index to Industries ........................... 715
Notes on Contributors .... ..................... 727
Preface page ix
List of Abbreviations ... xi
Company Histories
- A. H. Belo Corporation 3
- Abbey National PLC 6
- ABC Appliance, Inc 9
- Accor SA 12
- Acuson Corporation 15
- ADC Telecommunications, Inc 18
- Adobe Systems Incorporated 22
- The AES Corporation 25
- AFLAC Inc 28
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc 31
- Aldus Corporation 34
- Alexander & Alexander Services Inc . 37
- Alexander & Baldwin, Inc 40
- Alleghany Corporation 43
- Allergan, Inc 46
- The Allstate Corporation 50
- ALZA Corporation 53
- America Online, Inc . 56
- American Express Company 59
- American General Corporation 65
- American Home Products 68
- American Premier Underwriters, Inc . 71
- American Re Corporation 75
- Amgen, Inc 78
- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 82
- Analog Devices, Inc . 85
- Analytic Sciences Corporation 88
- Anchor Bancorp, Inc 91
- Andersen Corporation 94
- Andrew Corporation 96
- Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc 99
- Apache Corp . 102
- Applied Bioscience International, Inc . 105
- Applied Materials, Inc 108
- ARCO Chemical Company 110
- Arrow Electronics, Inc 112
- Arthur Andersen & Company 115
- Autodesk, Inc 118
- BAA plc 121
- Babbage's, Inc 124
- Baker & McKenzie 126
- Ball Corporation 129
- Banc One Corporation 132
- Barnes & Noble, Inc 135
- Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc 138
- Baxter International Inc . 141
- Bear Steams Companies, Inc 144
- Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc . 146
- Benetton Group S.p.A . 149
- Betz Laboratories, Inc . 153
- Biomet, Inc . 156
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association ... 159
- The Boeing Company 162
- The Bombay Company, Inc . 166
- Bond Corporation Holdings Limited 169
- Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc . 172
- Brinker International, Inc 176
- Brown-Forman Corporation 179
- Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc 183
- Buffets, Inc . 186
- Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse 188
- Burlington Resources Inc 190
- Cabletron Systems, Inc . 193
- Canal Plus 195
- Caremark International Inc 198
- Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company 201
- Carrefour SA 204
- Central Newspapers, Inc 207
- Century Communications Corp . 210
- Chiron Corporation 213
- CML Group, Inc 215 -
- Coach Leatherware 219
- Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 222
- The Coca-Cola Company 225
- Cogentrix Energy, Inc . 229
- CompuCom Systems, Inc 232
- CompUSA, Inc 235
- CompuServe Incorporated 237
- Computervision Corporation 240
- Compuware Corporation 243
- Conseco Inc 246
- Continental Grain Company 249
- Continental Medical Systems, Inc . 252
- Control Data Systems, Inc . 255
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. . . . . 258
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation 260
- Dana Corporation 264
- De La Rue PLC I 267
- Dentsply International Inc 270
- Detroit Diesel Corporation 273
- Dow Jones Telerate, Inc 276
- Eaton Corporation 279
- Elder-Beerman Stores Corporation 281
- Electronic Arts Inc . 284
- Enquirer/Star Group, Inc . 287
- Ethyl Corp 289
- Federal Signal Corp . 295
- Federal-Mogul Corporation 292
- First Union Corporation 298
- Flagstar Companies, Inc 301
- Fretter, Inc 304
- Gateway 2000, Inc . 307
- GEICO Corporation 310
- General Binding Corporation 313
- General Dynamics Corporation 315
- General Instrument Corporation 319
- General Mills, Inc 322
- General Motors Corp 325
- Giddings & Lewis, Inc 328
- Golden Corral Corporation 331
- The Good Guys!, Inc 334
- The Governor and Company of the Bank of
- Scotland 336
- Great Western Financial Corporation 339
- H. F. Ahmanson & Company 342
- Havas, SA 345
- Hillenbrand Industries, Inc . 349
- Honda Motor Company Limited 352
- Houghton Mifflin Company 355
- Information Resources, Inc 358
- Informix Corp . 36 1
- Intel Corporation 365
- International Controls Corporation 368
- International Dairy Queen, Inc . 371
- International Game Technology 375
- J. I. Case Company 377
- Jenny Craig, Inc 382
- KPMG Worldwide 385
- L. L. Bean, Inc. 388
- Lechmere Inc 391
- Legent Corporation 394
- Louis Vuitton 397
- Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc 400
- Maxtor Corporation 403
- Mead Data Central, Inc . 406
- Mervyn's 409
- Mestek, Inc . 411
- Midas International Corporation 414
- National Association of Securities Dealers . .416
- National Car Rental System, Inc . 419
- National Gypsum Company 421
- NationsBank Corporation 425
- Navistar International Corporation 428
- Nextel Communications, Inc 431
- NL Industries, Inc 434
- Norsk Hydro A.S . 437
- Northern Foods PLC 441
- Pacific Dunlop Limited 444
- Peabody Coal , Company 447
- PepsiCo, Inc . 450
- PictureTel Corp . 455
- Quantum Corporation 458
- R.L. Polk & Co . 460
- Read-Rite Corp . 463
- Reichhold Chemicals, Inc 465
- REX Stores Corp . 468
- Rhône-Poulenc S.A 470
- Safeguard Scientifics,. Inc 473
- SAS Institute Inc . 476
- Scholastic Corporation 479
- Sega of America, Inc 482
- The Sharper Image Corporation 486
- Spiegel, Inc 489
- SPX Corporation 492
- Staples, Inc . 496
- Stratus Computer, Inc . 499
- Sun Television & Appliances Inc 502
- Sybase, Inc . 504
- Symantec Corporation 507
- SynOptics Communications, Inc . 510
- System Software Associates, Inc . 513
- Target Stores 515
- Tech Data Corporation 518
- Teledyne, Inc 520
- Telxon Corporation 523
- Tenneco Inc 526
- Trizec Corporation Ltd . 529
- United States Surgical Corporation 533
- United Technologies Corporation 536
- Universal Forest Products Inc 539
- USAA 541
- Viking Office Products, Inc . 544
- Vitro Corp 547
- Warner-Lambert Co . 549
- Whitman Corporation 553
- WordPerfect Corporation 556
- WorldCorp, Inc . 560
- Zenith Data Systems, Inc 563
Index to Companies and Persons 567
Index to Industries ....... 737
Notes on Contributors ..... 751
Preface page ix
List of Abbreviations ... xi
Company Histories
- A.0. Smith Corporation 3
- Abbott Laboratories 7
- AirTouch Communications 10
- American Crystal Sugar Company 13
- American General Finance Corp . 16
- American Management Systems, Inc . 18
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 21
- Associated Milk Producers, Inc 24
- Associated Natural Gas Corporation 27
- BarclaysAmerican Mortgage Corporation 29
- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 31
- Becton, Dickinson & Company 34
- Big Rivers Electric Corporation 37
- The Body Shop International PLC 40
- C.H. Robinson, Inc 43
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc 45
- Chiat/Day Inc. Advertising 49
- Chrysler Corporation 53
- Cirrus Logic, Incorporated 56
- Cisco Systems, Inc 58
- CompuAdd Computer Corporation 61
- CTG, Inc . 64
- Datapoint Corporation 67
- The Davey Tree Expert Company 71
- Dillard Paper Company 74
- Dun & Bradstreet Software Services Inc. . . . .77
- Duty Free International, Inc . 80
- Echlin Inc 83
- El Camino Resources International, Inc . 86
- Eli Lilly & Company 89
- Emge Packing Co., Inc . 92
- Enesco Corporation 94
- Enterprise Oil plc 97
- Esselte Pendaflex Corporation 100
- Fiat S.p.A 102
- First Commerce Corporation 105
- First Empire State Corporation 108
- First Financial Management Corporation ... III
- First Hawaiian, Inc . 114
- First Security Corporation 117
- First Tennessee National Corporation 120
- First USA, Inc . 122
- First Virginia Banks, Inc . 125
- Firstar Corporation 127
- Fiserv Inc . 130
- FMC Corporation 133
- Ford Motor Company 136
- Forest Laboratories, Inc 141
- Fourth Financial Corporation 144
- Franklin Quest Co 147
- Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc 150
- Gaylord Entertainment Company 152
- General Nutrition Companies, Inc . 155
- The Geon Company 158
- Green Tree Financial Corporation 162
- Grumman Corporation 164
- Guardian Royal Exchange Plc 168
- H.J. Heinz Company 171
- Health Systems International, Inc 174
- Hospitality Franchise Systems, Inc 177
- Huntington Bancshares Inc 180
- IDB Communications Group, Inc 183
- Illinois Central Corporation 186
- Infinity Broadcasting Corporation 190
- Ingram Industries, Inc . 193
- International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation 196
- Invacare Corporation 200
- Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A 203
- IVAX Corporation 207
- The J.M. Smucker Company 210
- Jefferson-Pilot Corporation 213
- Jones Apparel Group, Inc 216
- Kendall Intemational, Inc 219
- Kenetech Corporation 222
- Keystone Intemational, Inc 225
- Kimco Realty Corporation 228
- KLA Instruments Corporation 231
- Komag, Inc . 234
- KU Energy Corporation 236
- Kwik Save Group plc 239
- La Quinta Inns, Inc 242
- Lam Research Corporation 245
- Lechters, Inc . 248
- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated 251
- Leggett & Platt, Incorporated 254
- Lennar Corporation 257
- Leucadia National Corporation 260
- Litton Industries, Inc 263
- Lockheed Corporation 266
- Magma Power Company 270
- MAI Systems Corporation 273
- McDonnell Douglas Corporation 277
- Meditrust 281
- Mentor Graphics Corporation 284
- Mercantile Bankshares Corp 287
- Merck & Co., Inc 289
- Meredith Corporation 292
- Meridian Bancorp, Inc 295
- Mesa Airlines, Inc 298
- UEFS Communications Company, Inc . 301
- Michigan National Corporation 304
- Micron Technology, Inc 307
- Minerals Technologies Inc . 310
- Minnesota Power & Light Company 313
- Molex Incorporated 317
- Montana Power Company 320
- Morrison Restaurants Inc . 323
- Motorola, Inc 326
- Multimedia, Inc . 330
- National Health Laboratories Incorporated . . 333
- National Service Industries, Inc 336
- NBD Bancorp, Inc . 339
- Nevada Power Company 342
- New Plan Realty Trust 345
- N-me West Group Inc. . 348
- Nissan Motor Company, Ltd 350
- Noble Affiliates, Inc . 353
- Nordson Corporation 356
- North West Water Group p1c: 359
- Northrop Corporation 363
- NovaCare, Inc . 366
- Ohio Casualty Corp 369
- Old Kent Financial Corp . 371
- Old Republic Intemational Corp . 373
- Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc 376
- PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc . 378
- Paging Network Inc . 381
- Payless Cashways, Inc 384
- PECO Energy Company 387
- The Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack 391
- Policy Management Systems Corporation 394
- Potter & Brumfield Inc . 396
- PowerGen PLC 399
- Praxair, Inc . 402
- Progressive Corporation 405
- Racal-Datacom Inc . 408
- Raytheon Company 411
- Republic New York Corporation 415
- Riverwood Intemational Corporation 420
- Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc 424
- Rockwell Intemafional Corporation 427
- Rollins, Inc . 431
- Rust Intemational Inc . 435
- Saab-Scania AB 437
- St. Jude Medical, Inc 458
- Seagull Energy Corporation 440
- Sensormatic Electronics Corp . 443
- Signet Banking Corporation 446
- Snapple Beverage Corporation 449
- Sotheby's Holdings, Inc 452
- Southtrust Corporation 455
- Standard Microsystems Corporation 462
- Star Banc Corporation 465
- Sterling Software, Inc . 468
- Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc . 471
- Stryker Corporation 474
- Sumitomo Corporation 477
- SunAmerica Inc . 481
- SunGard Data Systems Inc 484
- Sunrise Medical Inc . 486
- Synopsis, Inc 489
- T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc 493
- The Talbots, Inc 497
- Tellabs, Inc . 500
- Teradyne, Inc 502 T
- Texas Instruments Inc . 505
- Thames Water plc 509 11
- Thermo Instrument Systems Inc 512 1
- Thomas & Betts Corp . 515
- 3Com Corp . 518
- Tidewater Inc 522 1
- Tomkins plc 525
- Toyota Motor Corporation 528
- Transatlantic Holdings, Inc 532
- TriMas Corp . 534
- Triton Energy Corporation 537
- TRW Inc 540
- Vail Associates, Inc 543
- Vodafone Group plc 547
- Volkswagen A.G . 549
- West One Bancorp 552
- Wherehouse Entertainment Incorporated 556
Index to Companies and Persons .... 559
Index to Industries .... 737
Notes on Contributors ...... 751
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