Bringing jobs back to the USA: Rebuilding America's Manufacturing through reshoring

Bringing Jobs Back to the USA: Rebuilding America's Manufacturing through Reshoring

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-245

  Hutzel, Tim ^a   Lippert, Dave ^a  

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EID: 84930872600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17056     Document Type: Book

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