2, Ohdori Higashi 1-chome Chuo-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060-91 Japan Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. (HEPCO) supplies electricity to the whole of Hokkaido, the second largest and least densely populated of Japan's main islands. Of the nine regional electric power companies in Japan, HEPCO is the smallest in terms of capitalization (¥113 billion) and the second smallest in terms of generating ca…
339 Jefferson Road P.O. Box 278 Parsippany, New Jersey 07054-0278 U.S.A. Hospitality Franchise Systems, Inc., (HFS) is the world's largest hotel franchiser, as measured by number of rooms and properties. Its chief franchise systems include Days Inns, Ramada, Howard Johnson, Super 8, Park Inns, and Village Lodges. It is also engaged in the gambling industry and offers various lodging-related fee s…
100 Crescent Court, #1600 Dallas, Texas 75201-6927 U.S.A. Holly Corporation is an independent oil refiner based in Dallas, Texas. Its chief product is gasoline. Through its two major subsidiaries, Navajo Refining Company and Montana Refining Company, it serves niche markets throughout the Southwest. Holly also produces jet fuel and operates an asphalt subsidiary. The company generated revenues of…
Honeywell Plaza 101 Columbia Road P.O. Box 4000 Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2497 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The new Honeywell. Global, progressive, and enriched by a long heritage of innovation and achievement. What makes our future so exciting? Our range of products and services, and our diversified portfolio of businesses. The opportunities we continue to discover and develop worldwide. Our …
1 Sylvan Way Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Howard Johnson is a name that people trust, respect and look forward to seeing, wherever they travel. It's a name that stands for honest quality and solid value. It's a name that makes travelers feel at home. Howard Johnson International, Inc., franchises approximately 465 hotels in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Malta, Ro…
1 Hormel Place Austin, Minnesota 55912-3680 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Company Mission: To be a leader in the food field with highly differentiated quality products that attain optimum share of market while meeting established profit objectives. Hormel Foods Corporation is a diversified producer of branded, packaged-food products, including hams, bacon, franks, luncheon meats, turkey products, …
13400 Riverside Drive Sherman Oaks, California 91423-2598 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: House of Fabrics is on the right track to regain its leadership position and pursue new growth opportunities.... Now it's time to focus on the exciting challenges and opportunities that lie ahead as we concentrate on the merchandising, marketing, and operational aspects of the business, working towards an impro…
2700 Sanders Road Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070-2799 U.S.A. Household International, Inc. is the oldest, as well as the second largest, consumer finance company in the United States. Founded in Minneapolis in 1878 by Frank Mackey, the company has grown almost continuously since its inception and has at the same time led the way in educating consumers about an industry that has frequently been …
170 Mount Airy Road Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hooper Holmes offers the industry's widest geographic coverage and up-to-date technology to ensure timely, accurate delivery of health information. Hooper Holmes' mission is to be recognized as a quality service provider that meets the needs of its customers, employees, and shareholders. We pride ourselves on anticip…
1 Horace Mann Plaza Springfield, Illinois 62715-0001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: For more than 50 years, Horace Mann's greatest strength has been its commitment to meeting the insurance needs of America's educators and their families. This focus has made the company a leader in its field, a position it maintains by offering high-quality, competitively priced products and a superior level of cust…
Opernplatz 2 Essen 45128 Germany Company Perspectives: Behind every successful project there is a vision. Our engineers, businessmen, and craftspeople set them into practice with excitement and know-how--without long decision processes, but with a great deal of self-responsibility. They are masters of construction on whom we count as a system leader of the future. Hochtief AG is the German market…
18305 East San Jose Avenue City of Industry, California 91748 U.S.A. Hot Topic, Inc., a retail chain operating almost 200 stores in malls nationwide, occupies a unique space within the apparel industry: it is the only large national chain that caters exclusively to the 'alternative' lifestyle trends of teenagers and young adults. Specializing in such merchandise as body jewelry, artificial tattoo…
1100 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Home Box Office continues its strategy of investing in original progr amming, interweaving it with theatrical films from its existing long- term studio output agreements. It aims to increase subscription reven ues as well as maximizing content sales, including syndication and DV Ds. Home Box Office Inc. is the leadi…
3415 University Avenue St. Paul Minnesota 55114 U.S.A. Company Perspectives KSTP-TV Channel 5, the upper Midwest's first commercial television station, is owned by the pioneering broadcasting company Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. Channel 5 signed on the air April 27, 1948 and today remains the only locally owned locally operated broadcasting company in the Twin Cities. Eyewitness News is the station'…
11831 30th Court North St. Petersburg, Florida 33716 U.S.A. Home Shopping Network, Inc. is perhaps best known for overseeing the operations of the Home Shopping Club, which sells consumer goods and services via a live cable television program during which viewers may make purchases by phoning a toll-free number. Once a public company involved solely in an array of direct marketing activities thro…
P.O. Drawer 4410 Eatonton, Georgia 31024 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Horton Homes. It's more than a name. For over a quarter-century it's become a tradition of quality for homeowners throughout the Southeastern United States and the world. Combining superior construction with energy efficiency and loads of amenities, Horton Homes is a leader in the manufactured housing industry. Located in Eaton…
Sand Lake Executive Park 7851 Greenbriar Parkway Orlando, Florida 32819 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Holiday RV Superstores, Incorporated offers the highest level of products and services at the industry's most competitive prices in order to be the best in the business for its customers, employees, and shareholders. Holiday RV Superstores, Incorporated is a multistore retail chain of dealerships …
450 Park Avenue, Suite 2603 New York, New York 10022 U.S.A. Hospitality Worldwide Services, Inc. is the hotel industry's largest renovation contractor and procurement service provider. Today, Hospitality Worldwide consists of six subsidiaries, all positioned to service the hospitality industry. The company offers hotel owners and operators a highly attractive one-stop shopping package, including …
8 Canada Square London E14 SHQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives We believe long-term success and good corporate behaviour are linked. Corporate Social Responsibility has been a vital ingredient in HSBC's 140 years of success. We have always maintained that a company's first social responsibility is to be successful. Success allows us to invest in new products and services for our customers. It…
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100 Denver, Colorado 80203-4541 U.S.A. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP has grown from a small partnership into one of the largest law firms in Colorado's Rocky Mountain area. From its main Denver office, the company operates branch offices in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, and, internationally, in London. Holme Roberts & Owen (HRO) provides legal counsel in a wide…
1-1, 2-chome Minami-Aoyama, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 107-8556 Japan U.S. Headquarters American Honda Motor Co. 1919 Torrance Boulevard Torrance, California 90501-2746 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Maintaining a global viewpoint, we are dedicated to supplying products of the highest quality yet at a reasonable price for worldwide customer satisfaction. Honda Motor Company Limited is perhaps best known as a…
222 Berkeley Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading publisher of textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and other educational materials for the elementary and secondary school and college markets. The company also publishes an extensive line of reference publications, fiction and non-fiction for adults and young readers, an…
377 E. Butterfield Road, Suite 700 Lombard, Illinois 60148 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hub Group's mission is to provide world class logistics solutions that consistently exceed customer expectations. Hub Group, Inc. is America's leading intermodal transportation company. Intermodal transportation involves arranging for the transportation of freight using different types of conveyances, typicall…
400 Jones Bridge Road Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815-6789 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The primary purpose and objective of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute shall be the promotion of human knowledge within the field of the basic sciences (principally the field of medical research and medical education) and the effective application thereof for the benefit of mankind. The Howard Hughes Medical Ins…
850 Clinton Square Rochester, New York 14604 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to provide investors with dependable financial returns that exceed those of comparable investments. While pursuing our mission, we remain committed to improving the quality of life for our residents, enhancing the broader communities in which we operate, providing employees with opportunities for growth and a…
555 Thirteenth Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: When you join a law firm, you join a group of people. The people of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (Hogan & Hartson) are our greatest strength. We come from across the country and around the world. We are committed to preeminence in a full spectrum of legal services throughout the three major areas of our practice--commercial,…
Company Perspectives: Our mission is to "serve with love." Our mission includes serving our guests, employees, and communities with love. We promise you an experience like nowhere else in all our restaurants. This experience includes the taste of a full service restaurant, the convenience of fast food and the welcome of home. We invite you to expect and demand the best. And that way, we are alway…
774 Straits Turnpike Watertown, Connecticut 06795 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hometown's growth strategy is to participate in the recent consolidation trend in the automotive sales and service industry and, through strategic acquisitions, become the largest dealer group in New England and parts of the Mid-Atlantic region and to expand its two "niche" businesses. Hometown Auto Retailers, Inc. is …
1 Howick Place London SW1P 1BH United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We have laid the foundations for sustained long-term growth--through our programme of refurbishments, our plans for new stores, our continuing focus on international designer brands, and our ever-greater understanding of customers' needs. House of Fraser PLC bills itself as the United Kingdom's leading retailer of designer brands…
2701 North Rocky Point Drive, Suite 300 Tampa, Florida 33607 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are a casual dining microbrewery restaurant that offers high quality menu items in a relaxed atmosphere featuring signature dishes that are created from fresh ingredients and prepared in a display style kitchen that allows you to view the cooking process. We complement the made-from-scratch food by offeri…
900 Church Street Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Values: Listening and reacting to customers; fair and honest dealings with all; operating profitably to enhance our future; innovation and action without fear of failure; open communications with all employee/owners. Houchens Industries Inc. is an employee-owned company based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and is the fo…
Strandvägen 1 P.O. Box 5407 SE-114 84 Stockholm Sweden Company Perspectives: Holmen's main product areas are newsprint and magazine paper for newspapers, magazines, directories and advertising; paperboard for consumer packaging and graphical applications. In both these areas Holmen has a strong position on the market, which it intends to develop. Holmen shall grow at a faster rate than the marke…
1649 Frankford Road West Carrollton, Texas 75007 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: No nation, family, or business can become great unless it has a great purpose--a power that energizes, inspires, and builds people! The purpose of the company's structure is to provide a channel--a means whereby salespeople might use their creative skills to find identity and fulfillment in the achievement of homes deco…
4501 West 47th Street Chicago, Illinois 60632 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Home Products International, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of high-quality, non-electric consumer housewares products. Home Products International, Inc. (HPI) is a leading maker of value-priced, non-electric consumer houseware products sold under the HOMZ brand. The Chicago-based c…
2171 28th Street South West Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103-7073 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Unsurpassed customer service is so much more than just words on paper at HCSC. It's 1,200+ employees all working together to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions to our customers' needs. Everyone in this organization--operating from nine locations, working with directors on our four corporative boa…
2, Higashi 1-chome, Ohdori Chuo-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060-8677 Japan Company Perspectives: In the months and years ahead, Hokkaido Electric will maximize efforts to maintain a stable and affordable supply of high-quality electricity while striving for greater business development with the aim of providing our customers and shareholders with the level of service they expect. Hokkaido Electric Power…
195 Broadway, 24th floor New York, New York 10007 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Holland & Knight has more than 1,250 lawyers serving clients globally in virtually every area of the law. We encourage you to evaluate our firm based on the principles that drive us: strong and supportive relationships with our communities and clients and commitments to diversity and continuing education. With 31 domes…
241 Salmon Street Port Melbourne Victoria 3207 Australia Company Perspectives: Holden's vision is to be Australia's most successful auto company with a passion for excellence and absolute commitment to the customer. Holden's mission is to enthuse customers by providing quality products of outstanding value and ensuring a totally satisfactory experience over the ownership cycle. Holden Ltd. is one…
34 Henry Street West St. Jacobs, Ontario N0B 2N0 Canada Company Perspectives: Home has four kinds of stores to serve you. Each store offers a distinctive array of products and services designed to meet your needs in different ways. Home Hardware Stores Ltd., is an Ontario, Canada-based dealer-owned cooperative, supplying more than 1,000 independently operated stores located in every Canadian prov…
9921 Covington Cross Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Jack Binion has been a casino operator for 45 years so he has a pretty good idea what makes a gambler tick. It's nothing sophisticated and it's no great secret: Jack puts the customer first. His personal approach to all his guests is unique in the gaming industry. You see, the bottom line for Jack is not calculated in…
1600 Shawsheen Street Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Like many longstanding New England firms, the company started business with a simple trade and over the past 176 years has adapted its function to survive in an increasingly complex and demanding world. Holt and Bugbee Company is located some 30 miles north of Boston in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. It is a fifth genera…
Dragonair House 11 Tung Fai Road Hong Kong International Airport Lantau Hong Kong Company Perspectives: With its international flight crew and traditional Asian hospitality on the ground and in the air, Dragonair is aiming higher to provide a pleasurable and comfortable flying experience. Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd., better known as Dragonair, is Hong Kong's second largest airline. Founded in …
170 Patchway Road Duncansville, Pennsylvania 16635 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hoss's Steak and Sea House is family dining featuring fresh-cut steaks, savory seafood, and tender chicken entrees ... all cooked to order! With its headquarters located in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Hoss's Steak and Sea House Inc. is a privately owned chain of more than 40 family-style restaurants in a territory tha…
50 Cuscaden Rd., Ste. 08-01 HPL House Singapore 249724 Singapore Company Perspectives: The Group is poised to expand its investments when opportunities arise. Singapore's Hotel Properties Ltd. (HPL) is a diversified property development group active in four primary areas: Hotels and Hotel Management; Development Properties; Investment Properties/Completed Properties for Sale; and Lifestyle, cover…
23/F 363 Java Road, N Point Hong Kong Company Perspectives: Mission: To provide our customers with a safe, reliable supply of gas and the caring, competent and efficient service they expect, while working to preserve, protect and improve our environment. Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd. (also known as Towngas) is the oldest public utility operating in Hong Kong. The company is also the sole s…
584 Derby Milford Road Orange, Connecticut 06477 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Combination of these--commitment to the industry, diversification of product and market, a continuing tradition of quality, partnershi p with the independent electrical distributor, and the experience of accomplishment in research and development--have forged Hubbell Incor porated's exceptional records of growth. Th…
805 S.W. Broadway, Suite 2100 Portland Oregon 97205 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Hoffman Construction Company has extensive experience in a wide variety of specialties. We thrive on challenges that call for innovative solutions, and we believe the key to our success lies in the extra measure of creativity we bring to the art of building. One of the largest general contractors and construction mana…
2 Broadway Hamden Connecticut 06518 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Host America utilizes sophisticated technologies in its management services and energy conservation software products and systems. These products and systems enable us to design solutions to problems and develop cost reduction answers for building owners and managers. Host America employs a professional sales and marketing force that…
440 East Commonwealth Boulevard P. O. Box 4708 Martinsville Virginia 24115 U.S.A. Company Perspectives During its 80 years of operation, Hooker Furniture Corporation has sought to exhibit integrity in all its relationships with employees, customers, sales representatives and suppliers. The company has established a strong reputation for providing innovative, quality products at an exceptional val…
Tobaksvejen 4 Soborg Denmark Company Perspectives House of Prince (HoP) is ST's international cigarette company with sales in more than 40 countries. To a Dane, a Norwegian or a Swede, HoP is first and foremost associated with the cigarette Prince--so firmly rooted in Scandinavian consciousness that smokers in these three countries regard it as their nationally preferred cigarette brand. But HoP …