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 Furniture Industries
Bassett, John D., -- 1937-
Furniture industry and trade -- Foreign ownership
Furniture industry and trade -- United States
Globalization
Offshore outsourcing
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
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Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town
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Factory Man How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local--and Helped Save an American Town
Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town / Beth Macy
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Factory man
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how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town
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Bassett, John D
Biography & Autobiography
Business
Foreign ownership
Furniture industry and trade
Globalization
Nonfiction
Offshore outsourcing
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