Research Article
The Integration of Technology and Management in the Competitiveness of the United States Short Staple Yarn Manufacturing Industry
Table 1
Phase I: sample description.
| Product category | Company | Interviewee | Number of employees |
| Fiber/yarn | A | Director of business development | 2,000 | Fiber/yarn | B | Senior vice president in operations, America & Strategic Procurement | 3,200 | Fiber/yarn | C | Vice president in operations | 750 | Fiber/yarn | D | New business director | n/a | Fiber/yarn | E | CEO/innovators | >300 | Fiber/yarn | F | Senior vice president in manufacturing, manufacturing group vice president, Global Marketing manager, technical textiles division | 1,600 | Fiber/yarn | G | Manager of Six Sigma | n/a | Fiber/yarn | H | Executive vice president | 1,700 | Fiber/yarn | I | Director of fiber processing research and technical services | n/a |
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n/a: not available from the respondents.
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