The scene is a conference room on the 10th floor of an office building on Wall Street, occupied by Anthes Enterprises, a small, rapidly growing manufacturer of electronic trading systems for equities, commodities, and currencies. The agenda for the 8:00 A.M. meeting concerns reporting issues associated with a potential sales contract for the stock exchange in the Slovak Republic, which wants to upgrade its technology to effectively participate in the globalization of financial markets. In attendance are Anthes Enterprise’s COO Shevon Estwick, Controller Sy Jones, Treasurer, Bebi Karimbaksh, and Vice President of Marketing Autherine Allison.