Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies chronicles the rise of 250 of America's most dynamic growth firms. This book focuses on U.S. companies with revenues between $20 million & $1 billion that have experienced sales growth of at least 25 percent annually in the past five years & have had positive net income for the last year. Discover how companies like Boston Beer, Bed Bath & Beyond & Starbucks have raced past their competitors to become leaders in their fields. You'll learn about young companies, such as Yahoo! & Papa John's, that are poised for explosive growth, & the stories behind recent IPOs such as RealNetworks & Amazon.com. Anyone with a need to know about the hottest growth companies in the U.S. will find this book a gold mine of useful information. It includes lists of fast-growing companies from Business Week, Forbes, Inc., FORTUNE & other publications, & is indexed by headquarters location & industry, & by the people, companies & brand names mentioned in the profiles.

Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies covers 714 nonpublic U.S. enterprises with revenues in excess of $600 million, including large industrial & service corporations like UPS & Goldman Sachs; hospitals & health care organizations such as Blue Cross; charitable & membership organizations including the Ford Foundation; mutual & cooperative organizations such as IGA; joint ventures such as Caltex; government-owned corporations such as the United States Postal Service; & major university systems, including The University of Texas System. This book features 210 in-depth Hoover's profiles (similar to those shown on pages 2-3) plus 504 shorter entries (as illustrated below). Company logos are shown for many of the profiled companies. Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies also includes lists of companies ranked by sales & by number of employees, plus Inc.'s list of fastest-growing private companies. It is indexed by headquarters location & industry, & by the people, companies & brand names mentioned in the profiles.

Did you know that American icon 7-Eleven is controlled by Japanese retail giant Ito-Yokado, Dunkin' Donuts is owned by British conglomerate Allied Domecq & that Fox Broadcasting Company & the New York Post are run by The News Corporation, an Australian company? These & hundreds of other public, private & state-owned companies headquartered outside the U.S. have a profound influence on American business & American life. In Hoover's Handbook of World Business, you'll find indepth profiles of 250 of the most influential firms from Canada, Europe & Japan, as well as companies from the fast-growing economies of such countries as Brazil, China & Taiwan. Hoover's Handbook of World Business includes lists of the top global companies from FORTUNE & other publications, as well as lists of companies on many of the major foreign stock indexes, such as the British FTSE-10 & Japan's Nikkei 225. Indexes are organized by headquarters location & industry, & by the people, companies & brand names mentioned in the profiles.