Donnelley - Covering All Bases

CHICAGO—When you're one of the biggest print solution providers in the world, there's a certain amount of pressure involved in maintaining the status quo. In essence, companies need to change in order to just remain the same.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons rattles more windows in Chicago than the House of Blues. Its sales for 2000 mirrored 1999's, a lusty $5 billion. At first blush, one could surmise that the company exhibited no growth, but it takes a high degree of activity just to maintain such a dizzying sales pace.