Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American Town (inbunden)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Inbunden (Trade Cloth)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
464
Utgivningsdatum
2014-07-01
Förlag
Little Brown and Company
Dimensioner
236 x 163 x 43 mm
Vikt
726 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780316231435

Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American Town

How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local--and Helped Save an American Town

av Beth Macy
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2014-07-01
507
Köp
Spara som favorit
  • Skickas från oss inom 3-6 vardagar.
  • Fri frakt över 249 kr för privatkunder i Sverige.
The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.

The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it was also the center of life in Bassett, Virginia. But beginning in the 1980s, the first waves of Asian competition hit, and ultimately Bassett was forced to send its production overseas.

One man fought back: John Bassett III, a shrewd and determined third-generation factory man, now chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co, which employs more than 700 Virginians and has sales of more than $90 million. In Factory Man, Beth Macy brings to life Bassett's deeply personal furniture and family story, along with a host of characters from an industry that was as cutthroat as it was colorful. As she shows how he uses legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and sheer grit and cunning to save hundreds of jobs, she also reveals the truth about modern industry in America.
Visa hela texten

Passar bra ihop

  1. Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American Town
  2. +
  3. Slow Productivity

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Slow Productivity av Cal Newport (häftad).

Köp båda 2 för 700 kr

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av Beth Macy

Du kanske gillar