...António Miguel Martins; Cesaltina Pires Purpose This paper aims to highlight the role of the CEO’s background in the stock market reaction to a product recall. Based on the upper echelons theory and the crisis management literature, we argue that the CEO’s background influences the expected...

...Blake Rayfield; Omer Unsal The business and finance literature has documented the impact of both voluntary and non-voluntary recalls on firms. Product recalls are growing in absolute number. Lyles et al. (2008) show that product recalls are increasing over the years due...

...V‐W. Mitchell Aims to highlight the use of Perceived Risk Theory in understanding and influencing consumers′ behaviour. Recent evidence from numerous food scares and product recalls have demonstrated the power of perceived risk on consumption patterns. Argues that perceived risk is so important...