Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the extent to which the presence of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) in top management teams (TMTs) helps firms to reduce the incidence of product recalls.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors identified all recalls for the period 2010-2017 issued by publicly held firms regulated by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. These data were subsequently combined with information on TMT composition from BoardEx and financial performance data from Compustat to create a unique data set.
Findings
The study identified a significant and negative association between CSCO presence and incidence of product recalls. The evidence also supports the conjecture that this association is stronger in larger firms, indicating that CSCOs are especially effective when operating within more complex supply chains.
Practical implications
The findings provide important insights into quality management in contemporary supply chains and indicate that assigning specific responsibility for supply chain management to a TMT member improves product reliability.
Originality/value
These findings contribute to the growing literature on the underlying causes of a product recall by identifying corporate governance antecedents of external quality failures of this kind.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 495-513 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Supply Chain Management-an International Journal |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 1 Feb 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 May 2021 |
Keywords
- Chief supply chain officer (CSCO)
- Econometric modelling
- Product recall
- Quality management
- SCM competency
- SCM performance
- Senior management
- Supply chain quality management
- CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS
- TOP MANAGEMENT
- QUALITY MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES
- STRATEGY
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- UPPER ECHELONS
- IMPACT
- FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
- FIRM PERFORMANCE
- MODERATING ROLE