外文文献：制造商，零售商：在美国家具行业的新演员。对中国产业的特点和启示.pdfVIP

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 30 2007 Manufacturers-Retailers: The New Actor in the U.S. Furniture Industry. Characteristics and Implications for the Chinese Industry Lidia Martínez Murillo MRC appeared during the 1990s when the U.S. furniture Abstract—Since the 1990s the American furniture industry faces industry enjoyed a boom, and at the same time a a transition period. Manufacturers, one of its most important actors restructuration process. Since this decade, American industries made its entrance into the retail industry. This shift has had deep increased considerably their level of imports to supply its consequences not only for the American furniture industry as a domestic market. U.S. imports grew from $6.4 billion in 1990 whole, but also for other international furniture industries, especially the Chinese. The present work aims to analyze this actor based on the to $20.3 billion in 1999. The participation of imports in distinction provided by the Global Commodity Chain Theory. It furniture apparent consumption rose from 13 percent in 1992 stresses its characteristics, structure, operational way and importance to 26 percent in 2000. In addition, China became the largest for both the U.S. and the Chinese furniture industries. furniture supplier for the American market. From accounting for 2.6 percent of U.S furniture imports in 1990,