The Resource Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town, Beth Macy
Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town, Beth Macy
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780316231435
- Label
- Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town
- Title
- Factory man
- Title remainder
- how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town
- Statement of responsibility
- Beth Macy
- Subject
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- Furniture industry and trade -- Foreign ownership
- Furniture industry and trade -- Foreign ownership
- Furniture industry and trade -- United States
- Furniture industry and trade -- United States
- Globalization
- Bassett Furniture Industries
- Offshore outsourcing
- Offshore outsourcing
- Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
- Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
- Globalization
- Bassett Furniture Industries
- Bassett, John D., III, 1937-
- Bassett, John D., III, 1937-
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macy, Beth,
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Text in English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bassett, John D.
- Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
- Bassett Furniture Industries
- Furniture industry and trade
- Furniture industry and trade
- Offshore outsourcing
- Globalization
- Label
- Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town, Beth Macy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 862790783
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316231435
- Lccn
- 2014937343
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)862790783
- Label
- Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town, Beth Macy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 862790783
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316231435
- Lccn
- 2014937343
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)862790783
Subject
- Furniture industry and trade -- Foreign ownership
- Furniture industry and trade -- Foreign ownership
- Furniture industry and trade -- United States
- Furniture industry and trade -- United States
- Globalization
- Bassett Furniture Industries
- Offshore outsourcing
- Offshore outsourcing
- Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
- Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
- Globalization
- Bassett Furniture Industries
- Bassett, John D., III, 1937-
- Bassett, John D., III, 1937-
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