HOT GROWTH COMPANIES
Hot Growth Companies
The 100 best small companies
Hot Growth Alumni: Many Happy Returns For The Class Of 2002
K-Swiss
Teach an old sneaker enough new tricks -- and kids will come running
Online Extra: Keeping K-Swiss on Its Toes
Chairman Steven Nichols on how the atheletic-shoe maker found its niche and keeps growing -- despite reduced sales to Foot Locker
Cognizant Technology Solutions
What's a nice Indian tech company like this doing stateside?
Online Extra: Info-Tech Outsourcing with a Wrinkle
Cognizant CEO Lakshmi Narayanan says "we turned the model around" by splitting resources between India and the U.S.
Aeropostale
To lure teenage mall rats, you need the right cheese
Online Extra: Targeting the Universal American Kid
Aeropostale CEO Julian Geiger and Chief Merchant Chris Finazzo explain why they try to follow, not set, clothing trends
Engineered Support Systems
Supertough, superportable field equipment for the U.S. armed forces
Online Extra: Building a Defense-Contractor Giant?
Engineered Support Systems's top execs say their goal is to be a Lockheed of the military-support business
Online Extra: SCP
The biggest fish in the swimming-pool business
Online Extra: No Pool? "You're Shortchanging Yourself"
SCP Pool top execs say the market for swimming pools has plenty of room to grow -- and they have plans to make sure it does
Bio-Reference Laboratories
Your report is back from the laboratory -- with all the trimmings
Online Extra: MTC
Soup-to-nuts engineering support for America's war efforts
Online Extra: Shuffle Master
Its card-shuffling machines are cashing in on the casino-gambling boom
Online Extra: Hot Growth Companies Photo Essay
Hot Growth Companies Scoreboard (.pdf)
Interactive Hot Growth Companies Scoreboard
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INTERACTIVE SCOREBOARD
Hot Growth Companies
Companies ranked according to their three-year results in sales growth, earnings growth, and return on invested capital
COVER STORY
The BusinessWeek 50
It helps to be in the right market at the right time, but it certainly doesn't guarantee a spot in the BusinessWeek 50. The companies on this year's list rose above their rivals, often by learning to think like their customers
INTERACTIVE SCOREBOARD
BW 50 / S&P 500 Scoreboard
To determine how the companies in the S&P 500 index stack up against one another, BusinessWeek ranked all 500 using key criteria indicating financial success
INTERACTIVE SCOREBOARD
The 2004 Mid-Cap 400 Scoreboard
To select the best-performing companies in the Standard & Poorís MidCap400 index, we first ranked all the stock in the index by one- and three-year stock market performance
INTERACTIVE SCOREBOARD
The 2004 Small-Cap 600 Scoreboard
To select the best-performing companies in the Standard & Poorís Small Cap 600 index, we first ranked all the stock in the index by one- and three-year market performance
SPECIAL REPORT
An Indian Adventure for Tech Investors
The country's outsourcing giants such as Wipro, Infosys, and Cognizant are still alluring, despite the offshore bashing in Washington
MARKETING
Abercrombie & Fitch: No Longer Big Brand on Campus
Are the upscale retailer's prices too rich for kids' blood?
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