Merchants of virtue : Herman Miller and the making of a sustainable company / Bill Birchard.

By: Birchard, Bill .

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xii, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780230106604 (hardback); 0230106609 (hardback).Subject(s): Herman Miller, Inc

| Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- United States

| Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects -- United States

| Sustainable development

| Social responsibility of business -- United States

| Strategic planning -- Environmental aspects -- United States

DDC classification: 658.4/08

Contents:

Rosewood -- Honest design -- Magic zero -- The teacher -- Thirty questions -- Dollar sense -- Mister Ohba -- Cradle to cradle -- Whiz bang -- A better world.

Summary: A look at the Herman Miller Company from multiple insider viewpoints. Also examines changes that the company's made in order to take care of the environment, create great products, and make money in good times and bad..

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rosewood -- Honest design -- Magic zero -- The teacher -- Thirty questions -- Dollar sense -- Mister Ohba -- Cradle to cradle -- Whiz bang -- A better world.

A look at the Herman Miller Company from multiple insider viewpoints. Also examines changes that the company's made in order to take care of the environment, create great products, and make money in good times and bad..

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Merchants of virtue : Herman Miller and the making of a sustainable company / Bill Birchard.

By: Birchard, Bill.

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By: Birchard, Bill .