1-2, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan Asahi Glass Company is a leading producer of glass, chemicals, and electronics in Japan and the Far East. Its products touch almost every aspect of daily life. Even a partial product list includes mirrored skyscraper windows coated with a heat-reflective substance, super-durable paints, glass-reinforced concrete for building, 50% of the cathode-…
180 Maiden Lane New York New York 10038 United States ASARCO Incorporated is a world leader in the production of nonferrous metals, including copper, lead, zinc, silver, and gold. Among the mines operated by ASARCO or its associated companies are the Mission and Ray open-pit copper mines in Arizona; the Silver Bell Mine in Arizona; the Continental Mine in Montana; four zinc mines near Knoxville, …
1-1-1 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Japan The Asahi National Broadcasting Company, or TV Asahi, as it is more commonly known, is one of Japan's largest national television networks. TV Asahi's largest shareholders are the Asahi Shimbun newspaper; Toei, a television and movie production house; and Obunsha, a publishing company. Because Japanese broadcasting laws prevent the dominant cross-ownershi…
2440 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, California 94039-7640 U.S.A. The ASK Group, Inc. is a producer of software for use in business settings, primarily manufacturing. With 91 offices in 15 countries around the world, ASK maintains a significant share of the market it pioneered and once dominated. Built on the strength of one program, the company expanded dramatically in the 1990s through two maj…
16215 Alton Parkway P.O. Box 19658 Irvine, California 92713-9658 U.S.A. AST Research Inc., is the third-largest American manufacturer of personal computers based on the industry standard microprocessing chip. In its short history, the company has grown dramatically from a small endeavor started by three friends, to a major power in the computer business, with markets throughout the world. The sto…
25 Hub Drive Melville, New York 11727 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Arrow Electronics is the preeminent provider of products and services to the global electronics industry. With 202 sales locations and 23 distribution centers in 40 countries and territories, Arrow is much more than a supplier of parts and products. Design services, materials planning, inventory management, programming and assembl…
Weston Centre Bowater House 68 Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7LQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Associated British Foods plc is dedicated to making key investments for the future. In order to remain a market leader, the company strives to focus on investments in research and development, capital expenditure, its employees, and environmental policy. With high-ranking positions in several catego…
1212 St. George Road Evansville, Indiana 47711 U.S.A. The fifth-largest moving company in the United States, Atlas Van Lines, Inc., derives the majority of its revenue from helping corporate customers relocate. With approximately 600 agents in North America and 800 agents worldwide, the company generated nearly $300 million in annual revenue during the mid-1990s, a total that positioned it as one…
P.O. Box 1248 Aspen, Colorado 81612 U.S.A. Founded in 1946, Aspen Skiing Company is headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, a small town in the Roaring Fork Valley of the Rocky Mountains. The company owns four ski resorts; Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk Mountain, and Snowmass, all of which are located within a short distance of its headquarters. These four resorts, together referred to as …
Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi, 2 34132 Trieste Italy Founded in Trieste in 1831, Assicurazioni Generali SpA is the largest insurance company in Italy and the fifth-largest in Europe. Very active outside its home market from the very beginning, Generali derives more than two-thirds of its premium income from outside Italy. Generali subsidiaries and agencies are located in more than 40 countries worldw…
2325 Orchard Parkway San Jose, California 95131 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Atmel's products provide extra value to the user such as innovative new designs and superior features that improve the performance of each of their products--ultimately enabling the user to gain a competitive advantage. Throughout its increasing growth, Atmel has remained true to its essential belief that the Company's o…
50 E. River Center Boulevard Covington, Kentucky 41012-0391 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ashland is 25,100 customer-focused people working to bring superior product and service solutions to industries and consumers around the world. Founded in 1924 as a regional refiner and marketer of petroleum products, we are now a leading provider of petroleum, chemical and highway construction products and s…
3-7-1 Kyobashi Chuo-Ku Tokyo 104-8323 Japan Company Perspectives: The Asahi Breweries Group aims to satisfy customers with the highest levels of quality and integrity, while contributing to the promotion of healthy living and the enrichment of society worldwide. Asahi Breweries, Ltd. is the number one brewer in Japan; its 38.7 percent share of the Japanese market in 2001 edged out arch-rival Kiri…
S-151 85 Södertälje Sweden Company Perspectives: Our Vision. Astra's values and way of working make it a special company. Established in 1913 in the small town of Södertälje, Stockholm, Astra today is hardly recognizable from its early origins. Yet many of the values that characterize Astra remain fundamentally the same. These include: a commitment to excellence and safety; a strong belief in…
1170 Fox Drive San Jose, California 95131-2312 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In addition to adhering to core values, including satisfying customers, providing quality professional products and service, emphasis on employee integrity on every level, placing value on teamwork, and embracing flexibility in order to expand the scope of product offerings, Aspect Telecommunications Corporation seeks to …
1077 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, Florida 33134 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Dancing can lead to romantic situations or can simply be an enjoyable, friendly interaction between two people ... the choice being a mutual one by both partners. At Arthur Murray, dancing is a social pursuit. Dance partners cannot help but take an interest in the person in their arms. Naturally, on the dance floor …
2700 Colorado Avenue; Second Floor Santa Monica, California 90404 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Artisan Entertainment is not afraid to step up and assume the mantle of the industry's number one full-service independent film studio. With its aggressive decision-making style, filmmaker-friendly approach, diverse holdings, and combined industry experience, Artisan's ascension is firmly on course. Art…
Ashtead House Business Park 8, Barnett Wood Lane Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7DG United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We will develop Ashtead into an internationally based industrial rentals Group, meeting customer needs at a worthwhile profit to our enterprise in markets where we have scope to build a significant presence. England's Ashtead Group plc is a leading provider of non-manned equipment re…
25 Acorn Park Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140-2390 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Arthur D. Little helps global companies, governments, and emerging ventures with their most pressing business challenges. From more than 40 offices and laboratories in 31 countries, we use business innovation to help our clients set strategy, shape organizational culture, and develop cutting-edge products and technolog…
One Ashley Way Arcadia, Wisconsin 54612 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ashley has a rich history of success stories that illustrate its dramatic transition from a 'virtual unknown' to a significant force in the industry. For over half of a century, the company has remained committed to its Vision Statement, 'We Want To Be The Best Furniture Company.' Innovative marketing concepts, quality products …
417 5th Ave. New York, NY 10016 U.S.A. Before its merger with disk drive maker JTS Corporation in 1996, the Atari Corporation was a prominent manufacturer of video games and home computers that pioneered the industry of video entertainment. Its history was beset by a series of successes and ultimately defeats: it made money from arcade games, then nearly went bankrupt; it took on new life and ast…
6500 Fourteen Mile Road Warren, Michigan 48092 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Art Van Elslander opened his first furniture store in 1959. The 4,000-square-foot facility, located on Gratiot in East Detroit, featured Danish contemporary furniture and employed only its owner. The first Art Van store opened with a philosophy that is still the foundation of store operations today&mdash′ovide area …
ASDA House Southbank Great Wilson Street Leeds LS11 5AD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be Britain's best value fresh food and clothing superstore, meeting the weekly shopping needs of ordinary working people and their families who demand value. In the late 20th-century race to fill Great Britain with large, brightly decorated supermarkets, ASDA Group plc has the unique dis…
SE-105 23 Stockholm Sweden Company Perspectives: The long-term goal of the Atlas Copco Group is to become the world's leading company within its specialist areas of business. The Group's business concept is to provide a broad range of products and services, which meet the needs of customers in the areas of: air and gas compression, as well as air treatment; industrial manufacturing and the automo…
52 rue Camille Desmoulins 92451 Issy-les-Moulineaux France Retailing powerhouse Association des Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc, France's second-largest distribution group (after the Carrefour-Promodes merger of August 2000), is a private cooperative grouping nearly 500 members and their 358 'hypermarkets' (vast warehouses selling everything from traditional grocery items to car parts, home appl…
2000 Westchester Avenue Purchase, New York U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The world's international airlines are generally high-cost carriers that focus principally on their passenger operations. To meet the increasing demand for air cargo transportation, much less expand their own market share, these airlines must either outsource additional cargo capacity or expand their fleet and add further hig…
Villa Park Trinity Road Birmingham B6 6HE United Kingdom Aston Villa plc is the publicly listed company governing the activities of England's Aston Villa Football Club and the Villa Park stadium in the city of Birmingham. A founding member of the Football League's Premier Division, Aston Villa is also among the first football (soccer) teams to become listed on the London Stock Exchange, joining s…
Gold House Patrice Lumumba Road P.O. Box 2665 Accra Ghana Company Perspectives: Ashanti's Mission is to build an African gold mining and exploration company to international standards of excellence, managed predominantly by Africans. Ashanti aims to pursue growth for the benefit of our shareholders, employees and the nations where we operate. Over a century after its incorporation, Ashanti Goldfi…
11835 NE Glenn Widing Dr., Bldg. E Portland, Oregon 97220-9057 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To provide affordable, quality housing and services which reflect and support independence, dignity, choice, privacy, and individuality in meeting the needs and preferences of all tenants in a home-like setting. Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. owns, leases, and develops free-standing assisted living residen…
450 Broadway Street Redwood City, California 94063 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Excite@Home's drive to be the best broadband online service provider in the world centers on combining compelling online content, personalization, and tight navigational services with the distribution power of its extensive broadband infrastructure. The Company's goal is to continue to provide suites of advanced inter…
3 Lincoln Centre, Suite 1800 5430 LBJ Freeway Dallas, Texas 75240 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As our industry changes, we will continue to lead the way—but we'll never give up that hometown touch you've come to expect. Our one million + customers have always known that being an Atmos customer means you get dependable, efficient service when you need it. We know that your time is as important a…
1 Astoria Federal Plaza Lake Success, New York 11042-1085 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to provide a strong return to our shareholders, while recognizing the importance of serving the needs of our customers and the communities in which they reside. Astoria Financial Corporation is the holding company formed in 1993 to facilitate the conversion of Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Ass…
21-1, Yurakucho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405 Japan Company Perspectives: "Look Beyond" is the slogan of the AGC Group, and it is the title of the AGC Group Vision as well. "Look Beyond" captures and expresses this vision. It inspires the Group's mission and shared values to which every member of the Group must subscribe. As a global materials and components supplier based on our core techno…
15 Stanhope Gate London W1Y 1LN United Kingdom Company Perspectives: AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. Backed by a strong research base and extensive manufacturing and commercial skills, we provide innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference for patients in important areas of healthcare. We aim to be the first with new ideas and innovative in all …
7277 164th Avenue Northeast, Building 1 Redmond, Washington 98052 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We envision a world where wireless seamlessly and simply connects us to the people, information, and things we care about most, enabling us to be simultaneously connected and free. AT&T Wireless, Inc. is the third largest provider of wireless and data services for consumers and businesses in the United …
200 N.W. 62 Avenue, Building 711 P.O. Box 523726 Miami, Florida 33152 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Mission: to provide a safe, reliable, and profitable air freight transportation system that meets the changing needs of its customers with courteous and efficient service; to provide a growth oriented workplace that recognizes the interests, rights, and ideas of its employees and offers career advan…
45200 Business Court Dulles, Virginia 20166 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The same values and principals that guided the early years of the company are the ones that have forged our current--and future--successes: a strong spirit of excitement about growth and new opportunities; an appreciation of the creative challenge of working in an environment where cost-consciousness, efficiency, and maximum…
1-1, Minatojima-Nakamachi 7-chrome, Chuo-ku Kobe, 650-8555 Japan Company Perspectives: The company name, which was changed to ASICS in 1977, stands for the first letters of the words in the Latin proverb, "Anima Sana in Corpore Sano," meaning "a sound mind in a sound body." Onitsuka Co., Ltd., the forerunner of ASICS, was established in 1949. Just after World War II, children could not get any sp…
#21-00 Alexandra Point 438 Alexandra Road 119958 Singapore Company Perspectives: Corporate Vision: To be the Leading Brewer in the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Breweries Limited is one of the largest brewers in the Asian region. The company produces a variety of beers, including its prize-winning premium flagship Tiger Beer, as well as a number of other international, regional, and local bee…
132 West 31st Street, 11th Floor New York, New York 10001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Associati…
2-3-14 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chu Tokyo 103-8311 Japan Company Perspectives: Asahi Denka Co. Ltd. has the corporate philosophy of "Aim at Becoming Aggressive, Advanced Enterprise Keeping with Changes the Times Offer" and "Live in Harmony with the World", under which the corporation is now accelerating its globalization focusing on its highly competitive and technologically superior product groups …
ASDA House, Southbank Great Wilson Street Leeds LS11 5AD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We lead the way in giving UK customers the products they want at the lowest prices and continue to widen the price gap between our competitors. We have always been committed to keeping prices low, something our customers value and recognize. ASDA Group Ltd. operates as one of the largest food retailers i…
1983 Marcus Avenue, Suite E122 Lake Success, New York 11042 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: ATC's organizational philosophy combines the expertise of a major corporation with locally managed offices that promote creative responses to individual market demands. Supporting this mission are goals to constantly develop new services tailored to meet the needs of clients, employees and specific patient po…
5858 Horton Street, Suite 350 Emeryville, California 94608 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Your search should be easy. That's why we created a search experience where the emphasis is on finding, not searching. Our technologies mean a more refined search so you'll get to the relevant results you need a whole lot quicker. Ask Jeeves, Inc. owns a number of information retrieval web properties, or searc…
Immeuble Les Miroirs 18, avenue d'Alsace 92926 Paris La Défense Cedex France Company Perspectives: Atos Origin is committed to establishing and sustaining operational excellence and striving for continuous improvement in all its dealings with its clients. We will continue to grow expertise by developing business and alliances, creating partnerships, and entering into joint ventures. We believe t…
Lennujaama tee 13 11101 Tallinn Estonia AS Estonian Air is the national airline of Estonia. Based in Tallinn, Estonian Air flies five mid-size Boeing 737 airliners to about a dozen destinations in Europe. It serves about 500,000 passengers a year. Traditionally, almost 90 percent of revenues have come from scheduled passenger operations. Estonian Air also operates charter flights and flies mail a…
2 Pierce Place Itasca, Illinois 60143-3141 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We demonstrate the strength of our company daily--through our responsiveness to clients, through the collaboration of our highly specialized teams, and though our creativity and expertise in managing risk. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., ranked among the largest insurance brokerages in the world, offers property and casualty, rein…
Avenell Road Highbury London N5 1 BU United Kingdom Arsenal Holdings PLC owns Arsenal Football Club, a competitor in the English Premiership and the primary source of its revenue. Arsenal Holdings' other interests are in property development, which accounts for slightly less than 25 percent of its revenue. Arsenal Football Club generates 35 percent of its revenue from broadcasting, 27 percent fro…
1 Commerce Valley Drive East Markham L3T 7X6 Canada Company Perspectives From desktops to laptops, workstations to handheld devices, video game consoles to integrated solutions, ATI has established itself as a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics solutions. Based near Toronto, Canada, ATI Technologies, Inc. is one of the world's largest makers of computer graphic c…
7337 West Washington Street Indianapolis Indiana 46231 U.S.A. Company Perspectives ATA Airlines serves major business centers and popular vacation destinations through its scheduled service and commercial charter operations. ATA transports millions of passengers annually, providing the kinds of conveniences experienced travelers have come to expect at affordable rates that rival the lowest fares …