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Factory man: how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town

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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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Bassett, John D
Bassett, John D., -- III, -- 1937-
Bassett Furniture Industries
Biography & Autobiography
Business
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Economics
Foreign ownership
Furniture industry and trade
Furniture industry and trade -- Foreign ownership
Furniture industry and trade -- United States
Globalization
International law
Manufacturing industries
Nonfiction
Offshore outsourcing
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
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Globalization
International law
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