Shaw Industries
Subtitle: a history
By: Randall L. Patton.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Shaw Industries -- History.; Rug and carpet industry -- Georgia -- History.
Description: "Shaw Industries, based in Dalton, Georgia, is the nation's leading textile manufacturer and the world's largest producer of carpets. This history focuses on the evolution of Shaw's business strategy and its adaptations to changing economic conditions. Randall L. Patton chronicles Shaw's rise to dominance by drawing on corporate records, industry data, and interviews with Shaw employees and management, including Robert E. Shaw, the only CEO the company has known in its more than thirty years."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.