CASE DESCRIPTION In this case the authors tell the story of the early years of Dyersburg Cotton Products, later Dyersburg Fabrics, in a way that highlights the difficulties the company had of surviving in an industry beset with so many labor and import problems. Woven around the account of Dyersburg Fabrics, is a brief account of the history of the U.S. textile industry from its inception in 1790 to its current status of near extinction. This case would be most suitable for upper division undergraduate courses or graduate courses in Human Resource Management or Organizational Theory or Behavior. The case is designed to be taught in one fifty to seventy-five minute class period, with about thirty to forty-five minutes of reading and preparation time on the students part, prior to class.
