ABSTRACT
To help reduce some of the preceding ideas to practice, this chapter will explore how a few selected companies in the industry have been managed successfully. The selection of these firms was also based on my knowledge of the companies, the accessibility of their senior management, and their willingness to talk about their guiding principles. No claim is made that inclusion in this chapter constitutes an implied “best of category.” Furthermore, these profiles in some respects are a photograph at a moment in time and may not fairly represent the condition of the company at the time that you, the reader, take up this book. Not all of my comments or observations are authorized by the companies analyzed, so reasonable people may differ with some of my observations and conclusions.
