Factory man
by Beth Macy
Popularity 2
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.
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture CompanyBassett Furniture IndustriesGlobalizationOffshore outsourcingForeign ownershipFurniture industry and tradeBusiness enterprises, united statesBusinesspeople, biographyOffshore assembly industry