Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town
Macy, Beth
Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town / Beth Macy. - First edition. - x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index.
Describes how the chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture fought for his more than seven hundred employees in a small Virginia town using legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and his wits and determination in the wake of sales losses to cheap Asian furniture imports.
9780316231435
2014937343
Bassett, John D. , 1937-
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
Furniture Making
Furniture industry and trade----Foreign ownership
Offshore outsourcing
Globalization
HD9773.U74 / V38 2014
338.76 MAC
Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town / Beth Macy. - First edition. - x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index.
Describes how the chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture fought for his more than seven hundred employees in a small Virginia town using legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and his wits and determination in the wake of sales losses to cheap Asian furniture imports.
9780316231435
2014937343
Bassett, John D. , 1937-
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
Furniture Making
Furniture industry and trade----Foreign ownership
Offshore outsourcing
Globalization
HD9773.U74 / V38 2014
338.76 MAC
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