Factory man: how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town
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New York, New York: Little Brown and Company, 2014.
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x, 451 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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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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0316231436, 9780316231435
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index.
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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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Macy, B. (2014). Factory man: how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town. New York, New York, Little Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Macy, Beth. 2014. Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local--and Helped Save an American Town. New York, New York, Little Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Macy, Beth, Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local--and Helped Save an American Town. New York, New York, Little Brown and Company, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Macy, Beth. Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local--and Helped Save an American Town. New York, New York, Little Brown and Company, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a The dusty road to Dalian -- The tipoff -- The original outsourcer -- The town the Daddy Rabbits built -- Hilltop hierarchy -- The cousin company -- Company man -- Lineage and love -- Navigating the new landscape -- Sweet Ole Bob (SOB) -- The Mount airy ploy -- The family elbow -- Schooling the Chinese -- Bird-doggin' the backwaters -- Selling the masses -- The storm before the tsunami -- Trouble in the 'Ville -- Stretching out the snake -- The Dalian dance card -- Gathering the troops -- Mr. Bassett goes to Washington -- Factory requiem -- Million-dollar backlash -- Copper wires and pink slips -- Shakedown street -- Mud turtle -- The replacements -- "Sheila, get me the Governor!" -- The Smith River twitch -- Appendix. A Virginia furniture dynasty. | |
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