Fund managers, he said, are venturing again to Malaysia to visit companies they have not looked at in years.

Government intelligence agencies began visiting private companies to request information about who was using their systems.

Instead of spending days or weeks visiting individual companies, a company's computer managers and executives can visit many major information technology companies under one roof.

Then the two men and the analysts who work with them visit companies and do other fundamental research before investing in a particular issue.

The building regularly hosts visiting companies, artists and events.

The analysts visit companies, talk to customers, suppliers and distributors, and read research.

He visited companies in areas of business he knew little about.

They spend about 75 percent of their time visiting companies or meeting with management.

During the study at each school students travel to important business centers on each continent with program coordinators to visit companies and government organizations.

They work with five sector analysts, visiting companies and talking to competitors, suppliers and customers.