Safety hazard and time to recall: The role of recall strategy, product defect type, and supply chain player in the U.S. toy industry

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 766-777

  Hora, Manpreet ^a   Bapuji, Hari ^b   Roth, Aleda V ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Bowling Green State University   (United States)

Author keywords

External failure costs; Product recalls; Safety hazard; Toy industry

Indexed keywords

DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS; DESIGN FLAWS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FAILURE COST; KEY FACTORS; LEGAL LIABILITY; MANUFACTURING DEFECTS; PRODUCT DEFECTS; PRODUCT RECALLS; PROPERTY DAMAGE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SAFETY HAZARD; SAFETY HAZARDS; SOCIETAL COSTS; TOY INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; DEFECTS; HAZARDS; INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

PRODUCT LIABILITY;

EID: 80052269970     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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