Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town / Beth Macy.
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.
Record details
- 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.
Content descriptions
- 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 338.7684 MAC (Text) | 36015000089165 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
