Author(s): Dan DiMicco
Categories: Business & Economics > Management, Business & Economics > Industrial Management, Business & Economics > International, Business & Economics > Economics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Publish date: 2015-03-03
ISBN-10: 1137279796
ISBN-13: 9781137279798
Language: English
Description:
American manufacturing is on life support–at least, that's what
most people think. The exodus of jobs to China and other foreign
markets is irreversible, and anything that is built here requires
specialized skills the average worker couldn't hope to gain. Not
so, says Dan DiMicco, chairman and former CEO of Nucor, America's
largest steel company. He not only revived a major US
manufacturing firm during a recession, but helped galvanize the
flagging domestic steel industry when many of his competitors
were in bankruptcy or headed overseas. In American Made,
he takes to task the politicians, academics, and political
pundits… more…
American manufacturing is on life support–at least, that's what
most people think. The exodus of jobs to China and other foreign
markets is irreversible, and anything that is built here requires
specialized skills the average worker couldn't hope to gain. Not
so, says Dan DiMicco, chairman and former CEO of Nucor, America's
largest steel company. He not only revived a major US
manufacturing firm during a recession, but helped galvanize the
flagging domestic steel industry when many of his competitors
were in bankruptcy or headed overseas. In American Made,
he takes to task the politicians, academics, and political
pundits… more…
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