3777 Kingsway Burnaby, British Columbia V5H 3Z7 Canada Canada's second largest telecommunications company, British Columbia Telephone Company (BC TEL) provides local and worldwide telephone and telecommunications services to subscribers in its operating territories. BC Tel operates as a public utility and is regulated by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) which…
1800 Green Hills Road P.O. Box 66001 Scotts Valley, California 95067-0001 U.S.A. Borland International, Inc., is the world's third-largest personal computer software company. Founded by a French math teacher who emigrated to America, Borland initially made its mark as a retailer of inexpensive tools for computer programmers, then moved into the market for corporate software. Through its streamlin…
Level 5 214 St. George's Terrace Perth, Western Australia 6000 Australia Bond Corporation Holdings, Limited, was an international conglomerate with operations in four primary fields: real estate, brewing, media, and natural resources. In addition, the company owned a wide and ever-changing variety of other properties. The company's founder, Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond, became famous in the …
8283 Greensboro Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 U.S.A. Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., a pioneer in the development of the consulting industry, is recognized as an international management and technology consulting firm offering business strategy, operations, technology, and systems consulting services through more than 50 offices worldwide. Involved in such areas as environmental services, computer sys…
1 Bradlees Circle Braintree, Massachusetts 02184 U.S.A. The Bradlees Discount Department Store Company is a leading discount retailer in the Northeast. The company operates 136 department stores in nine states stretching from Maine to Virginia. Founded in Connecticut, Bradlees allied itself early on with a grocery store chain, and it remained a subsidiary of this company up until the early 1990s.…
151 Merrimac Street Boston, Massachusetts 02114 U.S.A. Operator of the Boston Celtics basketball team, Boston Celtics Limited Partnership represents the financial, managerial, and broadcasting power behind arguably the most successful franchise in the history of sports, the Boston Celtics, a team that has won an unprecedented 16 national championship titles during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 198…
Waterside, PO Box 365 Harmondsworth Middlesex UB7 0GB England Company Perspectives: British Airways is all about bringing people together, and taking them wherever they want to go. This applies as much to our employees as the 36 million people who travel with us every year. The travel industry is notoriously competitive, and we have certainly had our share of challenges over the past few years. W…
500 Lindley Street Bridgeport, Connecticut 06606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: With over 100,000 different users of our machine tools around the world, perhaps there should be no surprise at some of the end products Bridgeport's machines help to create. Some of the more recognizable items include sporting equipment, airplanes, automobiles, and medical devices. Bridgeport Machines, Inc., is the lea…
10-1, Kyobashi 1-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-8340 Japan Company Perspectives: "Serving society with superior quality." Those words of our founder, Shojiro Ishibashi, state our mission simply and precisely. That mission is what the trust we earn and the pride we feel are all about. Bridgestone Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of tires, and the company is number three in the North Americ…
Broadcasting House London, W1A 1AA England Company Perspectives: We promise: to provide something for everyone; to be fair, accurate and impartial; to provide value for money; to improve access to BBC services; to be accountable and responsive. The British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. (BBC) is the largest public sector media company in the world. Affectionately known as "Auntie" or simply "the B…
85 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6PD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Booker's food wholesaling business is one of the largest in the U.K., supplying more than 400,000 independent grocers, CTNs, convenience stores, and caterers. Its national network of cash and carry branches now includes many that have extensive specialist departments dedicated to the needs of caterers. Booker plc is a leading…
1000 South Frontage Road West Suite 100 Vail, Colorado 81657 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The resorts Booth Creek currently owns are friendly regional resorts whose appeal is in their proximity, unique heritage and commitment to provide exceptional guest service. Their concept rests on preserving the individuality of these gems, while establishing consistency from the standpoint of a total commit…
4500 Perkiomen Avenue Reading, Pennsylvania 19606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Boscov's Department Store, Inc., delivers exceptional satisfaction to millions of the most discerning customers each year by blending state-of-the-art technological support with customer friendly service within a tastefully fashionable environment. Whether shopping over the web or 'just browsing' through one of its ful…
1111 West Jefferson Street P.O. Box 50 Boise, Idaho 83728-0001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our three core values say best who we are and how we do business at Boise Cascade: safety, integrity, and Total Quality. Our safety record is one of the best in the forest products industry ... and in the United States. We're regularly recognized by our industry associations for safety excellence. Our inte…
1201 S.E. 30th Street Bentonville, Arkansas U.S.A. Company Perspectives: With Brass Eagle's leadership paintball has become one of the fastest growing outdoor recreational sports in America. As more and more people experience the fun and excitement of paintball, the game's following continues to grow at double digit rates. The emotional appeal and fast paced action of this high-octane competition…
14285 Midway Road, Suite 300 Dallas, Texas 75244 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: By concentrating clusters of hotels in geographic locations, the company has created significant efficiencies for marketing, supervising, and shipping operations. Office spaces configured without walls or doors emphasize the company's commitment to communication and teamwork. All employees, from the bellman to the CEO, …
1, avenue Eugène Freyssinet 78061 Saint-Quentin Yvelines Cedex France Bouygues S.A. is a diversified group with two main operating sectors: construction and services. The construction sector is the business upon which the company was founded and includes buildings, oil-related and maritime works, public works, roads, and property. Starting in the 1980s, founder Francis Bouygues (pronounced "Bwee…
BRIOgaten 1 SE-283 83, Osby Sweden Company Perspectives: BRIO's business concept is to market products to children and families with children, in which play, activity, company, development/stimulation and entertainment are the dominant elements, and in which care of, and attention to, the child are at the center of focus. BRIO branded products are targeted mainly at infants/young children in the …
Warwick House Farnborough Aerospace Centre Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6YU United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We are shaping our business through the concentration on five areas--our five values. These values will drive our decision making, will help shape our processes and, above all, will define the kind of behaviour we expect between colleagues, between the Company and individuals, and betwee…
40 West 23rd Street New York, New York 10010 U.S.A. Bozell Worldwide Inc. is one of the preeminent advertising agencies in the world. With the merger between Bozell & Jacobs and Kenyon & Eckhardt in 1986, Bozell Worldwide is presently ranked as the 14th largest advertising agency across the globe. The company is famous for its highly successful advertising campaigns, including the persuasive Jeep…
12301 West Wirth Street Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53222 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We will create superior value by developing mutually beneficial relationships with our customers, suppliers, employees and communities. We will enhance our brand equity and leadership position by developing, manufacturing at low cost, marketing and servicing high value power for a broad range of power products. In pur…
Broadcast House, 55 North 300 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84110-1160 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bonneville International Corporation is a values-driven company composed of values-driven people making a difference through mass communications. We make a difference by serving and improving individuals, families, communities, and society through quality entertainment, information, news, and values-or…
The Mountain Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9168 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bose believes that audio products exist to provide music for everyone, everywhere--that music, not equipment, is the ultimate benefit. The Bose goal is to create products that combine high technology with simplicity and small size to create the best possible sound systems that are easy to use and accessible to all cons…
1 Boston Scientific Place Natick Massachusetts 01760-1537 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Boston Scientific's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and the productivity of health care delivery through the development and advocacy of less-invasive medical devices and procedures. This is accomplished through the continuing refinement of existing products and procedures and the investigation…
345 Park Avenue New York, New York 10154-0037 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our company's mission is to extend and enhance human life by providing the highest quality health and personal care products. To our customers, we pledge excellence in everything we make and market, providing you with the safest, most effective and highest-quality products. We promise to improve our products through innova…
3275 Highway 30 Clayton, Alabama 36016 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Boyd Bros. Transportation will be the recognized leader in the flatbed industry by providing the best service. We will grow the company aggressively, providing an excellent return to our stockholders. We will operate safely and legally. We will meet or exceed all agreed upon commitments to all internal and external customers. We …
800 René-Lévesque Blvd. West Montreal, Quebec H3B 1Y8 Canada Company Perspectives: Bombardier's mission is to be the leader in all the markets in which it operates. This objective will be achieved through excellence in the fields of aerospace, rail transportation equipment, recreational products and financial services. All Bombardier units must meet the needs of their customers and markets as w…
Level 40, Gateway One Macquarie Place Sydney 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: Our goal is to ensure that you, our customers, are satisfied with every aspect of our service. We want you to feel that the services we provide are the best in the market, that our prices represent value, and that it is easy to do business with us. This means we are constantly looking outwards. We want to know about…
Level 39 AMP Centre 50 Bridge Street Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: The new Boral has great strengths on which to build its future. We are a resource-based company with large, strategically located reserves; we have built leading market positions in most of our markets; and developed strong relationships with a broad range of longstanding customers, based on decades …
2950 South Industrial Road Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We, as members of Boyd Gaming Corporation, operate with only the highest degree of integrity, and rely on the competence and friendliness of each person in our organization to provide entertainment and service to satisfy our customers' wants. Through teamwork, we strive to maximize shareholder value, to be among the l…
Enterprise House Eureka Science & Business Park Ashford, Kent TN25 4AG United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our shared objective is to be the leading food service supplier to the catering industry, providing profit opportunities for our customers, developing employees to their full potential, and generating profit for re-investment in the business to the benefit of our shareholders, customers, an…
Oksenoyveien 3 P.O. Box 55 1330 Fornebu Norway Company Perspectives: Braathens is Norway's largest airline. Our mission is to offer good travel for modern people. We do this primarily through scheduled air service in Norway and Sweden. Additionally we are also part of the global KLM/Northwest alliance with continuous air service from Norway and Sweden to more than 400 destinations in over 80 coun…
14103 Denver West Parkway Golden, Colorado 80401-4086 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Boston Market Corporation recognizes that in an increasingly fast-paced world, more and more people are pressed for time and looking for ways to make their lives easier. Many consumers want an alternative to cooking that allows them to slow down and spend more time with their family and loved ones. Boston Market re…
116 Luther Avenue Liverpool, New York 13088 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Brannock Device Company strives to follow the philosophy and passion of the company founder, Charles Brannock. The company believes there are a lot of ways to make the Brannock foot measuring device better, but not cheaper. Its goal is not to redesign or re-invent but to improve the process by which the device is made. D…
3 Redwood Crescent East Kilbride Strathclyde G74 5PR United Kingdom Company Perspectives: British Energy's vision statement is "to be the world's leading nuclear energy company." British Energy Plc, in addition to being the United Kingdom's largest power generator (by producing more than 20 percent of the country's power supply through a network of eight nuclear power stations and several non-nuc…
905 NE 11th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97232 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As a public agency operating for public purposes, BPA encourages people to get involved in its activities and issues. BPA believes public involvement helps its managers make better decisions. BPA responds to multiple interests and regional concerns and makes its public policy decisions in an open public forum. There are many w…
Windsor House 50 Victoria Street London SW1H 0NL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our companies are committed to providing consumers with pleasure through excellent products, and to demonstrating that we are meeting our commercial goals in ways that are consistent with reasonable societal expectations of a responsible tobacco group in the 21st century. British American Tobacco PLC is the seco…
19730 Northeast Sandy Boulevard Portland, Oregon 97230 U.S.A. Boyd Coffee Company is a leading distributor of coffee, brewing equipment, and dry mixes for food service users. The company uses a direct sales force of 200 sales representative in 25 states. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, their territory extends as far east as Chicago and St. Louis. Since the 1960s, Boyd's has gone from deliverin…
3257 Carp Road Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Canada Company Perspectives: In a few short decades, Bradley Air Services Ltd. has evolved to become Canada's foremost Arctic and remote region air carrier, operating under the trademark name--FIRST AIR. Today, First Air, The Airline of the North, is owned by Makivik Corporation, the body responsible for administering the land claim settlement of the Inuit of …
SIA Sul ASP, Lote D, Bloco B 71215-000 Brasília, D.F. Brazil Company Perspectives: Our mission: It is Brasil Telecom's commitment to assure quality and consistency of information, transparency and timely response to investors, respecting legal and regulatory requirements. Brasil Telecom Participaçoes S.A. is the holding company for Brasil Telecom S.A. Born from the breakup of Brazil's state-own…
B.P. 2 49360 Les Cerqueux France France's Brioche Pasquier S.A. has parlayed a nearly century-old recipe into a growing European baked goods empire. The company controls 40 percent of the French market for industrial pastry breads, called "Viennoiseries," or "Vienna breads." The company's core products remain its namesake brioche (a sweetened, light bread), fresh buns, and its "Pitch" brand snack…
Edifício BRISA Quinta da Torre da Aguilha 2785-599 Sao Domingos de Rana Portugal Company Perspectives: Brisa is a Portuguese company ranking by own merit among the largest private motorway operators in Europe. Brisa established high technical and managing standards regarding the construction, maintenance, and operation of the 11 motorways under its operation. Project management, the innovating V…
21-27 Lambs Conduit Street London WC1N 3BD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our Strategy: Our focus continues to be on growing our selective lending and retail businesses, whilst maintaining cost control. We aim to build and develop our retail business by investing in: A growing adviser base; improving the network; building new IT sales and support infrastructure. Increase margin in the selec…
1, Piazza Duomo 65017 Penne, Abruzzo Italy Company Perspectives: Facciamo un abito con l'anima. ("We make a suit with a soul.") Brioni Roman Style S.p.A. is an apparel maker of the highest order, selling the most expensive off-the-rack suits in the world. Brioni's garments are stitched by hand, retailing for as much $5,500. The company's custom-made suits sell for $15,000. Brioni makes roughly 80…
Equity House Irthlingborough Road Wellingborough, Northamptontshire NN8 1LT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Booker provide a professional wholesale service for independent retailers and caterers. We're committed to help make your businesses successful and take an interest in the communities in which you operate. Booker Cash & Carry Ltd. is a leading food wholesaler and distributor in the Uni…
Redhill Aerodrome Redhill Surrey RH1 5JZ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: As part of the Offshore Logistics Group, Bristow Helicopters strives to conduct all of our business in an atmosphere that emphasizes trust, integrity, respect and results. We work together with a firm commitment to safety, reliability and value for our customers. Bristow Helicopters Ltd. (BHL) is one of the world's top …
Britvic House, Broomfield Road Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1TU United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the UK's leading soft drinks company. Britannia Soft Drinks Ltd. is the holding company for its more well-known business, Britvic, the number two-selling soft drinks company in the United Kingdom. Britvic commands a strong stable of brands, including the Britvic fruit juices and mixer…
101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR United Kingdom Company Perspectives: A dedicated team of specialists, professionals and administrators in each Bonhams location seeks, by commitment to client service and integrity, to establish Bonhams as the prime auction house of choice for buyers and sellers worldwide. Bonhams 1793 Ltd. is one of the world's oldest and the third largest and fastest-growing a…
6555 West Good Hope Road Milwaukee Wisconsin 53223 U.S.A. Company Perspectives At Brady, our mission is to provide innovative identification solutions which improve safety, security, productivity and performance for customers worldwide. Brady Corporation, formerly known as W. H. Brady Company, is an international manufacturer of high performance labels and signs, printing systems and software, la…
4-2-14 Matsunami Kashiwazaki Japan Company Perspectives "Resonance" is our watchword, and we at Bourbon aim to contribute to society by enhancing our customers' physical and mental well-being and the lives of their families through our original, high-value products and services, which are responsive to changes in consumers' basic needs and lifestyles. Moreover, we have added the concept of enjoym…