Torrespana-O'Donnell, 77 28007 Madrid Spain State-owned Television Española, S.A. (TVE) is one of two subsidiaries of Radiotelevision Española, Spain's largest and most important audiovisual company. Financed by advertising, TVE has two channels, TVE 1 and La 2, and an international satellite channel broadcasting in Spanish throughout the world. TVE began transmitting in 1956 as a monopoly from…
300 Concord Plaza Drive San Antonio, Texas 78216-6999 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tesoro is a growing marketing company, committed to using customer-driven strategies that create opportunities from the numerous changes occurring in our industry. We use a team approach to market our products and cultivate business relationships with the objective of increasing value for our customers and sharehol…
7610 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75247 U.S.A. Texas Industries, Inc. (TXI) is a major producer of steel and cement/concrete products for construction. In the steel segment, the company's products include reinforcing bar, structural beams, and merchant quality rounds. Texas Industries' steel operations are carried out by Chaparral Steel Company, an 81 percent-owned subsidiary. Chaparral's raw m…
30 North LaSalle Street Suite 4000 Chicago, Illinois 60602 U.S.A. Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., or TDS, is one of the most highly praised telecommunications enterprises in the United States. While only a fraction the size of General Telephone Corporation and the Baby Bell companies, TDS has consistently grown at twice the rate of its larger counterparts, and it is the ninth largest non-Bell t…
550 Main Street Stratford, Connecticut 06497 U.S.A. Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine is the aircraft engine manufacturing division of Textron, Inc. Acquired by Textron in 1985, Lycoming has a long and distinguished history in engine building, and was for many years the primary manufacturing entity of Avco, one of the largest aviation conglomerates of the first half of the twentieth century. The co…
Tenneco Building P.O. Box 2511 Houston, Texas 77252-2511 U.S.A. Tenneco Inc. is one of the largest diversified companies in the world, ranking among the United States' 30 largest industrial companies and among the top 100 industrial companies worldwide. Tenneco's holdings include Case Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of agricultural and construction equipment; Tenneco Gas, on…
12500 TI Boulevard Dallas, Texas 75243-4136 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: TI has set a vision to become a premier electronics company providing world class leadership in digital solutions for the networked society--a society transformed by personalized electronics, all speaking the same digital language, all able to communicate anytime, anywhere. Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) operates as one of the …
14 Cavendish Place London W1M 9DJ United Kingdom Thames Water is the largest of the United Kingdom's privatized water industries, providing some 7 million customers with water and serving the sewerage needs of nearly 12 million in London and the Thames Valley. In the public sector for years, Thames was privatized in 1989 but remains subject to government regulation as a regional monopoly supplier…
600 Fourth Street Sioux City, Iowa 51101 U.S.A. Terra Industries, Inc., is one of the nation's largest producers and marketers of nitrogen fertilizer, crop protection products, seed, and services for farmers, dealers, and professional growers. Terra supplies dealers and growers with more than 5,000 different products, as well as feed ingredients and application services. The company also produces…
2000 Westchester Avenue White Plains, New York 10650 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Texaco is a company that has captured hearts and minds. Our employees' vision, their daring and their determination shaped the character of our company for nearly a century, and these are the same attributes we will carry into the century to come. Texaco Inc. operates in more than 150 countries and, upon completion …
450 West 33rd Street New York, New York 10001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Associated Press (www.ap.org) is the world's oldest and largest news organization, providing coverage of news, sports, business, weather, entertainment, politics, and technology in text, audio, video, graphics, and photos to 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of more than one billion people around the world. Its se…
303 South Temple Drive Diboll, Texas 75941 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Temple-Inland's extensive forest holdings are invaluable, not just as a renewable fiber source, but as an integral and long-term part of America's landscape. Equipped with decades of forestry experience and the most advanced technology available, the company has the ability to double pine fiber on its more intensively managed…
701 North Lilac Drive Post Office Box 1452 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tennant's mission is to become the preeminent company in nonresidential floor maintenance equipment, floor coatings and related products. We will achieve this by continuing to implement strategies that leverage our strengths: Making an industry-leading R & D investment, plus acquisitions, which al…
40 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903-2596 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Textron's Vision is to be: One of the World's Best Managed Companies; Excellent Managers of Shareholder Resources; A Multi-Industry Company with Global Leadership Positions in Each of Our Businesses. Textron Inc. has made so many changes in its corporate identity that any characterization of it is subject to re…
5 Basel Street P.O. Box 3190 Petah Tikva 49131 Israel Company Perspectives: Teva's far-reaching strategic vision is rooted in staying consistently attuned to the dynamic requirements of a diverse, international clientele that includes insurers, physicians, patients and pharmaceutical outlets. In the ongoing effort to make the world a healthier place, Teva values its worldwide staff as an irreplac…
1599 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4251 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy and service. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a not-…
Tesco House, Delamare Road Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Tesco is committed to creating shareholder value through an innovative customer focused strategy implemented by our people. This strategy is based on the following principles: Value for Money: We are committed to giving customers quality products at guaranteed unbeatable prices; Customer Service: Our f…
Energy Plaza 1601 Bryan Street Dallas, Texas 75201 U.S.A. Texas Utilities Company is a holding company with six wholly owned subsidiaries, the largest of which is Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric). TU Electric produces and distributes electricity in the eastern, north central, and western sections of Texas, including the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area. This region has about one…
Allstate Plaza 2775 Sanders Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Consumer surveys indicate the insurance industry has a long way to go to satisfy customers completely. Customers want insurance to be friendlier and easier; they want the claims process to be fairer and more efficient; and they want their agents to be loyal and highly familiar with their needs. Thus we've und…
89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road Bangkok 10900 Thailand Company Perspectives: Thai's distinctive livery incorporates the colours associated with Thailand: the shining gold found in its temples, the magenta of its shimmering silks and the rich purples of its orchids. Our logo has been likened to an orchid but is simply a symbol meant to convey the essence of Thailand; its soft, curving lines combined wit…
111 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60603-6110 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The purposes for which the Art Institute of Chicago is formed are: to found, build, maintain, and operate museums, schools, libraries of art, and theatres; to provide support facilities in connection therewith; to conduct appropriate activities conducive to the artistic development of the region; and to conduct and p…
670 N. Rosemead Boulevard Pasadena, California 91107 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tetra Tech provides services to protect and improve the quality of life through responsible resource management, sound infrastructure, and rapid communications ability. The company continuously adapts its services to provide for society's changing needs and to meet customer expectations. The three business areas in …
6095 Parkland Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44124 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Austin Company is committed to world leadership as a premier complete-service architecture, engineering and construction firm. Through service, technology, growth and enterprise, The Austin Company will continue to set the highest standards in the industry for quality, service, professionalism and innovation. From root…
301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 U.S.A. Texas Pacific Group Inc. (TPG) is a private investment partnership involved in leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and large-stake purchases of companies. The investment group focuses primarily on buying financially troubled companies with brand-name recognition. Typically, TPG does not involve itself in the day-to-day operations of th…
142 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019-3300 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Arbitron has three core businesses: measuring radio audiences in local markets across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing software applications that give its customers access to Arbitron's media and consumer information via proprietary databases,…
888 Dayton Street, P.O. Box 28 Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: From a two-person operation utilizing a borrowed press, The Antioch Company has grown into a substantial business with 450 employee-owners and multiple units in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Mexico. Through seven decades of growth the company has kept alive the community-oriented spirit and human-centered val…
`C' Sefton Park, Bells Hill Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire SL2 4FG United Kingdom Company Perspectives: With the objective to be a leading customer branded food company through commitment to quality, service and value for money, we aim to exploit our sourcing and processing expertise and work closely with customers to continually enhance the quality of our products and services. The Albert Fisher Gr…
173, Boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris Cedex 08 France Company Perspectives: Strategic Vision: global + dual = growth + profit There are no firewalls between defence markets and the global economy. The global scale of the Thales Group's commercial operations, and the unique multi-domestic development model of its defence business, bring the benefits of globalisation to customers in all sectors. Tec…
Calle Nicaragua, 54 Barcelona Spain Company Perspectives: Terra Lycos's mission is to become the world's leading online destination. Through a unique platform that combines the benefits of the convergence of Internet services and next-generation communication technologies with the broadest, most comprehensive array of popular products and services, Terra Lycos provides users a compelling network …
Gran Via 28 28013 Madrid Spain Company Perspectives: Telefónica S.A. strives to satisfy the customer's every need, offering a global range of services whose priority is that of providing the highest quality on the market. Until the 1990s the government-controlled public company known since May 1988 as Telefónica de España, S.A. (Telefónica), was the dominant player in the Spanish telecommunic…
3 Swietokrzyska 00945 Warsaw Poland Company Perspectives: Telekomunikacja Polska Capital Group is no longer satisfied with its role of the market leader in Poland. Aiming much higher, we are interested in being ranked at least sixth in terms of Europe. What this means in practice is that we need to be comparable with other European telecoms in all aspects of our activity, particularly effectivene…
242 Exhibition Street, Level 41 Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia Company Perspectives: Our vision is to enhance our position as the leading full-service, telecommunications and information services company in Australia and to expand our presence internationally. Telstra Corporation Limited is a full-service telecommunications, information services, and network platform company that competes in …
400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-1499 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In keeping with its mission of generating prosperity in the Tennessee Valley, TVA's leadership standard is to deliver excellence in business performance and public service by supplying low-cost reliable power, supporting a thriving river system, and stimulating economic growth across a seven-state region of th…
1000 Ballpark Way Arlington, Texas 76011 U.S.A. Texas Rangers Baseball is the official company name of the Major League Baseball franchise in Arlington, Texas, situated between the cities of Dallas and Ft. Worth. Because of its state-of-the-art stadium, The Ballpark at Arlington, and a lucrative television rights deal, the Rangers are one of America's most valuable sports franchises, estimated by…
70 Avenue Général-Guisan Case Postale 446 CH-1009 Pully/Lausanne Switzerland Company Perspectives: We commit to making food safe and available, everywhere. We work for and with our customers to provide preferred processing and packaging solutions for food.We apply our commitment to innovation, our understanding of consumer needs, and our relationships with suppliers to deliver these solutions, …
Church Road Wimbledon London SW19 5AE United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon have developed from the garden party atmosphere of the first meeting in 1877, witnessed by a few hundred spectators, to a highly professional tournament attracting an attendance of over 450,000 people and through the press, radio, Internet and television a following of millions th…
1713 Jaggie Fox Way Lexington, Kentucky 40511 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Finally, the technology revolution that changed how we work, travel and communicate is beginning to change how we sleep, relax, travel and live. Tempur-Pedic Inc. is the Lexington, Kentucky-based subsidiary of Tempur World, makers of products using a viscoelastic foam material (the original named Temper Foam) developed in …
3820 State Street Santa Barbara, California 93105 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tenet will distinguish itself as a leader in redefining healthcare delivery and will be recognized for the passion of its people and partners in providing quality, innovative care to the patients it serves in each community. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, formerly National Medical Enterprises, ranks as the second larges…
Mårbackagatan 11 SE-123 86 Farsta Sweden Company Perspectives: Group Strategy: TeliaSonera's overall focus is on best serving our customers in our core business and creating value for our shareholders through stronger profits and cash flows. TeliaSonera will focus specifically on: core business in the Nordic and Baltic regions; pursuing profitable growth opportunities in the East; adopting a str…
Tucumán 1 Buenos Aires, C.F. 1049 Argentina Telefónica de Argentina S.A. offers local, domestic long-distance, and international fixed-line telephone services in Argentina, access to the Internet and related services, telephone accessories and equipment, and, through a subsidiary, self-published telephone guides. The company is indirectly owned by Telefónica, S.A., the Spanish-based telecommun…
96 Cummings Point Road Stamford, Connecticut 06902 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Aristotle Corporation, founded in 1986 and headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, is a leading manufacturer and global distributor of education, health, and agricultural products. Originally formed as a bank holding company, The Aristotle Corporation is now involved in the manufacturing and distribution of a var…
Network Associates Coliseum 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, California 94621 U.S.A. The Athletics Investment Group owns the Oakland Athletics franchise, one of the most storied and controversial teams in major league baseball history. Located for 54 years in Philadelphia, and for 12 in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Oakland, California, the Athletics (A's) have won 14 divisional titles, 15 Am…
12333 West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90064-1021 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We serve niche market segments where performance, precision, and reliability are critical. Our customers include major industrial and communications companies, government agencies, aerospace prime contractors, and general aviation companies. We have developed strong core competencies in engineering, softw…
800 Rene-Levesque Boulevard, Suite 1050 Montreal, Quebec H3B 1X9 Canada Company Perspectives: Tembec's corporate mission is to be a low-cost, profitable integrated forest products company converting forest resources into innovative and competitive quality products for customers while protecting the environment and creating positive long-term social, cultural and economic benefits for the region a…
Tesco House, Delamare Road Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our core purpose is "to create value for customers to earn their lifetime loyalty." We deliver this through our values--"No one tries harder for customers" and "Treat people how we like to be treated." Tesco plc is one of the largest retailers in the world, operating more than 2,300 supermarkets and co…
Snaroyveien 30 Fornebu N-1331 Norway Company Perspectives: Telenor's vision is: Telenor--ideas that simplify. Telenor shall be a driving force in renewing, developing and introducing new solutions that simplify our customers' workday. Telenor's vision is demanding, setting an ambitious goal for the organisation and its individual employees. Renewal and simplification of our own structures and rou…
6040 Dutchmans Lane, Suite 400 Louisville, Kentucky 40205 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We wanted to provide a place that the whole family could enjoy. Texas Roadhouse is about a hearty, good meal with service that is friendly, energetic, and enthusiastic. Life should be fun--so the workplace needs to reflect that as well--and that is why we put our employees first. Texas Roadhouse, Inc. operates …
72/1 Moo 7 Sethakit 1 Road, Tambon Tarsrai, Amphur Muangsamutsakorn Samutsakorn 74000 Thailand Company Perspectives: Mission: Generate steady growth in revenues and net profit. Focus on improving and adding value to products. Build strong business foundat ion with global product presence. Maintain leadership position in sea food industry. Constantly monitor business risks in response to poten tia…
261 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor New York, New York 10016 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Ad Council has endeavored to improve the lives of all Americans s ince first creating the category of public service advertising in 194 2. The Advertising Council, Inc., is a New York City-based not-for-profi t corporation that coordinates public service advertising campaigns, enlisting the volunteer services…
Level 51, North Wing Menara Telekom Off Jalan Pantai Baharu Kuala Lumpur 50672 Malaysia Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the communications company of choice--focused on delivering exceptional value to our customers and other stakeholders. To achieve our vision, we are determined to do the following: be the recognised leader in all markets we serve; be a customer-focused org anisation th…