1-4 Connaught Place London W2 EX2 United Kingdom Cadbury Schweppes PLC is one of the oldest and largest family-run businesses in the world today. Although confectioner Cadbury Limited merged with the carbonated drinks company Schweppes Limited in 1969, Cadbury Schweppes is still run by members of the Cadbury family, which has been represented in Cadbury's top management for more than 170 years. T…
1830 Route 130 North Burlington, New Jersey 08016 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our goal is to provide exceptional value for our customers, our stockholders, our associates, and our communities. We remain focused on ensuring that Burlington Coat Factory is the place to find the right combination of style, selection, and value. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation operates as a leading nat…
5051 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77056-5384 U.S.A. Burlington Resources Inc., the nation's largest independent natural gas exploration and production company, functioned in the mid-1990s as a holding company for its main operating subsidiary, Meridian Oil Inc. Originally created as a holding company for all of Burlington Northern's non-railroad assets, Burlington Resources quickly emerged as a powe…
2655 Seely Avenue San Jose, California 95134 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Cadence, we've pledged ourselves to total customer satisfaction. In fact, commitment to customer success is one of our core company values. In support of this promise, Cadence president and CEO Ray Bingham created the Worldwide Customer Advocacy (WCA) organization. To ensure that every customer is satisfied with the Cade…
P.O. Box 419917 Kansas City, Missouri 64141 U.S.A. Butler Manufacturing Co. is a leading supplier of building systems, specialty components, grain storage systems, and construction services for the nonresidential construction market. The company garnered revenues of about $692 million in 1994 from both domestic and international sales and employed about 3,500 workers. Emanuel Norquist along with …
20 Glover Ave. Norwalk, Connecticut 06856-5620 U.S.A. Caldor Inc. is a leading retailer of upscale discount goods in the northeastern United States. Through its chain of Caldor discount stores, the company sold nearly $2.5 billion worth of goods and employed a work force of more than 20,000 in 1994. Caldor expanded rapidly beginning in the early 1980s to become the fifth largest discount chain in…
2 Campus Drive Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 U.S.A. Burns International Security Services, formerly a subsidiary of the Borg-Warner Security Corporation, became a division within its parent company in the mid-1990s. Along with its own security branch divisions and Burns, Borg-Warner Security also held under its corporate umbrella the Wells Fargo Guard Service Division and operated under the famili…
P.O. Box 419458 Kansas City, Missouri 64141 U.S.A. Insurance and financial services company Business Men's Assurance Company of America (BMA) is a member of the Generali Group, one of the world's largest insurance organizations. BMA serves individuals and business owners through the sale of life and disability insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs. The company is one of the country'…
1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard Suite 200 Los Angeles, California 90025 U.S.A. California Pizza Kitchen Inc. is one of the most successful and fastest-growing chain restaurants that began operations in the United States within the last ten years. The company boasts one of the most innovative and distinctive menus of any eating establishment in America, including such items as Barbecue Chicken Pizz…
2180 Rutherford Road Carlsbad, California 92008 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Callaway Golf has always believed that the way to grow the game of golf is to make it more enjoyable for the average golfer. That is why Callaway Golf tries to design, create, build and sell the most forgiving golf clubs in the history of the game--giving more golfers more opportunities to hit a few additional 'great' sh…
5505 Blue Lagoon Drive Miami, Florida 33126 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Burger King is flamed-broiled burgers, fries and soft drinks at a good value, served quickly and consistently by friendly people in clean surroundings. Burger King Corporation is the second largest fast-food chain in the United States, trailing only McDonald's. The company franchises more than 10,400 restaurants and owns abo…
3330 West Friendly Avenue Greensboro, North Carolina 27420 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are an organization of people with many special talents and skills, united in our commitment to build a growing, competitive and highly profitable textile company with which our customers prefer to do business, in which our investors prefer to invest and for which we all prefer to work. Burlington Industrie…
6730 South Tucson Boulevard, #BC-7 Tucson, Arizona 85706 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company excels in the design and manufacturing of ICs (integrated circuits) used in signal processing associated with the measurement and interpretation of "real world" phenomena such as sound, pressure, temperature, distance, and light. By combining specialized design and application knowledge with advanced…
One Mason Drive Jamestown, New York 14702 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bush is committed to maintaining its position as the industry leader in product design, quality and innovation. New product development will continue to be a top Company priority. As our markets continue to grow more competitive, we will keep our focus on the principles that have made us successful over the years, particularly…
100 Cooper Ct. Los Gatos, California 95030 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Caere continues to play a leading role in bringing OCR applications into mainstream markets. Our strategies for success reflect changing market conditions and a commitment to help customers increase their productivity. Moving OCR into the mainstream, Caere focuses on maintaining leadership in all OCR markets. We are leveragin…
80 Industrial Parkway Burlington, Vermont 05401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since 1977, Burton Snowboards has been driven to create the best snowboarding equipment in the world. Corporate headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont, with additional offices in Urawa, Japan, and Innsbruck, Austria. These three offices, employing just under 600 employees, are the main arteries that service the global s…
1601 East Brundage Lane Bakersfield, California 93307 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Calcot has evolved as agriculture has evolved. We have fewer members today than we did in 1960, but we handle more cotton. There are fewer farms, but they are larger. That has made competition for marketing their production more intense and while it has not made cooperatives less important, it has changed the natur…
6620 W. Broad St., Ste. 240 Richmond, Virginia 23230 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Cadmus mission is to provide customers with integrated 21st century information and communications solutions. To achieve this mission, Cadmus is organized around two broad market sectors: Professional Communications which serves those who create and convey information, and Marketing Communications which serves t…
810 North Belcher Road Clearwater, Florida 34625-2103 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Heist, we like to create "partnering" relationships with our customers. Partnering is a long-term, mutually beneficial arrangement between two companies in which labor, equipment and other resources are often shared. And communication is closely maintained between management for maximum teamwork efforts. Within …
Tour Chantecoq 5, rue Chantecoq 92800 Puteaux France France's Business Objects S.A. is a leading provider of software-based enterprise decision support tools to mid-sized and large-scale corporations. Business Objects' client/server software focuses on providing an intuitive "semantic layer" between the end user and the often arcane protocols needed to access corporate databases, data warehouses,…
New Mercury House 26 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4UQ United Kingdom As a provider of telecommunications services in more than 50 countries around the globe, Cable and Wireless plc is a leading player in a rapidly growing and evolving industry. Its operations in the late 1990s were concentrated in three major areas: the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, and Asia. The company, whose fortunes once depe…
One Cabela Drive Sidney, Nebraska 69160 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are the nation's largest direct marketer, and a leading specialty retailer, of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since our founding in 1961, Cabela's has grown to become one of the most well-known outdoor recreation brands in the United States, and we have long been recognized as the World's Foremost …
3800 Continental Plaza 777 Main Street Fort Worth, Texas 76102-5384 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our vision is to realize the tremendous potential of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway by providing transportation services that consistently meet our customers' expectations. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is one of the great success stories in the history of American railroad. M…
75 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1806 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Cabot will be a great company--the best company in all markets that it serves, best particularly in safety, quality and innovation; employee, customer and community satisfaction; and shareholder return. Cabot will become a great company by striving for excellence in everything it does, through: highly motivated employee…
7 Mercedes Drive Montvale, New Jersey 07645 U.S.A. Bush Boake Allen Inc. manufactures flavor and fragrance chemicals and aroma chemicals for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and household products industries. The flavorings, including essential oils, seasonings, and spice extracts, impart a desired taste and smell to a broad range of consumer products, such as snack foods, confections, soft dr…
Hongkong Telecom Tower 39th Floor Taikoo Place 979 King's Road Quarry Bay Hong Kong Company Perspectives: We will continue to invest in developing people and technology to reinforce Cable & Wireless HKT's standing as Asia's most successful integrated communications company. Cable & Wireless HKT (HKT), formerly Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., provides a wide range of communications services in …
1460 Broadway New York, New York 10036 U.S.A. Cache Incorporated is a publicly traded company that owns and operates a highly successful national chain of upscale women's apparel and accessories stores. Focusing primarily on formal dresses and fashionable evening wear, Cache's stores compete directly with both small, exclusive boutiques and huge, national department stores, with its prices rangin…
50 West San Fernando Street San Jose, California 95113 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our strategy is to continue our rapid growth by capitalizing on the significant opportunities in the power market, primarily through our active development and acquisition programs. In pursuing our proven growth strategy, we use our extensive management technical expertise to implement a fully integrated approach …
8 Cambridge Center Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Cambridge Technology Partners provides management consulting and systems integration services to transform its clients into e-businesses. Working in collaboration with Global 1000, high-velocity middle market companies, and .com start-ups, Cambridge combines a deep understanding of New Economy issues with integrated, e…
29-53 Chatham Place, Hackney London, E9 6LP United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Burberry is an international luxury brand. Its globally recognized name, trademark, and signature trenchcoat have been synonymous with quality and enduring style for over 150 years. Burberry Ltd. is a manufacturer and marketer of men's, women's, and children's apparel, as well as accessories and fragrances. The Burbe…
2 Campus Drive Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company strives to be a world leader in security solutions, market by market; and pledges to offer the best security solutions, adapted to specific customer needs, precise in delivery, and cost efficient. A provider of investigative services, security guard staff, and other related services, Burns International Services …
1016 East Weisgarber Road Knoxville, Tennessee U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Founded in 1908 by A.J. Bush, Bush Brothers & Company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The food company began with canned tomatoes and has grown to include great tasting, high quality products that your family loves. Three generations later, Bush Brothers & Company is still family owned and operated, working for the same…
Express House, 464 Berkshire Avenue Slough, Berkshire SL1 4PL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: It is our intention to continue to grow faster than the industry overall and to increase our market share by providing outstanding customer service. In particular, we see a number of growth opportunities from the rise in both e-commerce in general and home delivery in particular. Our specialist home…
4908 Tampa West Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33634-2411 P.O. Box 15000 Tampa, Florida 33684-5000 U.S.A. CAE USA Inc., formerly known as Reflectone, is one of the few remaining producers of full-fledged flight simulators for military and civil planes. This subsidiary of CAE Inc. was created when the Canadian defense giant acquired the Tampa-based flight simulator business known as Reflectone from BABE…
100 Brickstone Square Andover, Massachusetts 01810 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We believe in every product we sell. In fact, we don't sell anything we wouldn't recommend to our very best friends or own ourselves. Located outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc. is a subsidiary of Creative Technology and manufactures a wide range of speaker systems for home stereo, home theate…
25 Berkeley Square London W1J 6HB United Kingdom Company Perspectives: As a major global beverage and confectionery company, we are dedicated to the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of our branded products around the world. Today, Cadbury Schweppes employs over 36,000 people and our products are available in almost 200 countries across the world. Cadbury Schweppes PLC is one of the oldes…
40 High Street Street, Somerset BA16 0YA United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Clarks business has come a long way in the past 176 years. From humble beginnings in 1825 as a small Somerset sheepskin business it has entered the 21st century as one of the world's leading shoe brands and the UK's number 1 shoe retailer. This success has come from a commitment to individual design, exceptional com…
17 bis, place des Reflets La Défense 2 92400 Courbevoie France Company Perspectives: Vision: Become the leader in our industry and a major player in each of our market segments and key geographical market. Mission: Bureau Veritas's mission is to help its customers to manage their assets, products, services, systems, and employees whilst creating added economic value through risk management and p…
47 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05302 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: For 85 years, C & S has provided first-class warehousing and distribution services to our customers. In 2002, Forbes magazine ranked C&S the 11th largest privately held company in the nation. From over 25 warehouse facilities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, C & S Associates serve some of the largest supermarket c…
555 North Nash Street El Segunda, California 90245 U.S.A. California Sports, Inc. is the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team of the National Basketball Association (NBA), one of the most successful and valuable properties in professional sports. Since their inception as the Minnesota Lakers in the late 1940s, the team has won 14 titles. Its games at its home court at Los Ange…
400 Fresno Avenue Stockton, California 95203 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: California Cedar Products Company has been built upon generations of tradition and excellence in building strong customer relationships throughout the world, producing world class quality products, and continually innovating new manufacturing processes, new products, and new services. Based in Stockton, California, the fami…
P.O. Box 419917 Kansas City, Missouri 64141 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Butler Manufacturing Company's strategy is to be the value and service leader for building systems, specialty components, and construction services for nonresidential construction customers. Butler Manufacturing Company is a leading supplier of building systems, specialty components, and construction services for the nonresi…
3 Neal Street, 2nd Floor London, England WC2H 9PU United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Caffè Nero Philosophy is really very simple. Coffee, Atmosphere, Food and Service are the key elements of our business and we put time and energy in to striving for excellence in these four areas. We want all of our customers to enjoy a great cup of coffee and a good Italian snack in an authentic European …
191 Sterling Street N.W. Valdese, North Carolina 28690 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We at Burke Mills have committed ourselves to the future with major, ongoing capital investments in the latest and most advanced technologies, to satisfy the ever more varied and sophisticated demands of our customers. Our yarns are used in many applications from automotive fabrics, office furnishings and wall cov…
14000 San Bernadino Avenue Fontana, California 92335 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: California Steel Industries, Inc. will be the most competitive and profitable steel company in the Western United States, and we will seek growth opportunities in order to improve upon our market leadership. California Steel Industries, Inc. (CSI) ranks as the largest producer of flat-rolled steel in the western Uni…
68 Elm Street Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-1602 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Caliper Life Sciences uses its advanced liquid handling and LabChip technologies to create leading edge tools that accelerate drug discovery and enhance the diagnosis of disease. Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. uses its core technologies of liquid handling, automation, and LabChip microfluidics to produce innovative tools …
400 Calgon Carbon Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Calgon Carbon is the world's largest manufacturer of granular activated carbon with production and operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. Calgon Carbon Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based public company dedicated to granular activated carbon, a material that has the ability to absorb odors and …
37 Fleet Street London EC4P 4DQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives A bank dedicated to high quality personal service is a rarity today. At C. Hoare & Co., we combine an intelligent, professional approach to banking and investment management with care and courtesy. Our exclusive service is delivered by experienced managers who know and understand their customers. Founded over 300 years ago, we ar…
3 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1300 Houston Texas 77046 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Camden is one of the nation's largest multifamily real estate corporations, with a portfolio of apartment communities that stretches from the East Coast to the West, and includes the Sunbelt and Midwestern states. Our rise to the top reflects a first-line focus on resident satisfaction, employee empowerment and financial…
1720 North 1st Street San Jose California 95112 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Looking at California Water Service Group through the eyes of a diverse group of stockholders, it is clear that our company appeals to investors for a variety of reasons. Some like the dividend; others look for long-term growth. Some buy our stock because of their confidence in our management; others are attracted by the …