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

How one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American tow (other title)
Macy, Beth, (author.).

Summary:

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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  • ISBN: 9780316231435
  • ISBN: 031623141X
  • ISBN: 9780316231411
  • Physical Description: 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

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Formatted Contents Note:
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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Bassett, John.
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company.
Furniture industry and trade > United States.
Furniture industry and trade > United States.
Offshore outsourcing.
Globalization.

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