Table 3

Error management responses across phases of the Note 7 case

Error detection (August 2016)Error communication (September 2016)Damage control (October 2016–September 2017)
Strategic Sensitivity
  • Recognition of product safety anomalies

  • Attention to consumer risk perceptions

  • Continuous scanning and internal monitoring

  • Interpreting and prioritizing evolving consumer risk signals

  • External expert validation of safety practices

  • Institutionalization of risk monitoring

Resource Fluidity
  • Financial reallocation to risk management

  • Human redeployment

  • Operational redeployment for recall execution

  • Technological interventions for risk containment

  • Strategic reframing of corporate reputation

  • Embedding safety routines in operations

  • Long-term capacity building for risk prevention

Leadership Unity
  • Delivery of a few initial, clear messages to stakeholders

  • Leadership coordination across units

  • Leadership enactment of corporate responsibility

  • Transparent executive engagement in long-term damage control

  • Leadership focus on renewal and forward strategy

Note(s): While all three meta-capabilities are observable across phases, their functional salience and coordination role vary with phase-specific demands

Source(s): Author's own elaboration

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