An edition of Factory man (2014)

Factory man

how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town

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An edition of Factory man (2014)

Factory man

how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town

First Back Bay paperback edition.

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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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English
Pages
451

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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-)
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United States

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Cover of: Factory man
Factory man: how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local--and helped save an American town
2015
in English - First Back Bay paperback edition.
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Cover of: Factory Man
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
2014, Little Brown & Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Factory Man
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
2014, Little Brown & Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Includes reading group guide.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-442) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.7/6841040973
Library of Congress
HD9773.U74 V38 2015, HD9773.U74V38 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
451, 14 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
451

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27185010M
Internet Archive
factorymanhowone0000macy_a7z2
ISBN 10
031623141X
ISBN 13
9780316231411
LCCN
2015431341
OCLC/WorldCat
914417868, 892700966

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