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摘要

When the founder of Herman Miller Inc., D.J. De Pree, acquired the Star Furniture Company in Zeeland, Michigan, USA— with the help of his father-in-law, Herman Miller—it is unlikely that anyone could have predicted the path that the company would follow over the next 80 years or so, nor the position it would hold in the global furniture and furnishings market in the 21st century. Neither could anyone have forecast that the success and global recognition enjoyed by the company today would be the direct result of a situation that once jeopardised the whole future of the business.