Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town / Beth Macy.
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780316231435
- 338.76 MAC
- HD9773.U74 V38 2014
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | 338.76 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 037191 |
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.
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