An edition of Factory man (2014)
Factory man
how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town
By Beth Macy
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
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Language
eng
Pages
451
Description:
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.
subjects: Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, Bassett Furniture Industries, Globalization, Offshore outsourcing, Foreign ownership, Furniture industry and trade, Business enterprises, united states, Businesspeople, biography, Offshore assembly industry
People: John D. Bassett III (1937-)
Places: United States