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Subject category: Marketing
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 22 October 1992

Abstract

A fire is reported in a Black & Decker Spacemaker Plus Coffeemaker. This newly introduced product is a 'Key Introduction' for Black & Decker's Household Product Group (HPG). HPG's president has to decide whether the product should be recalled and, if so, how the recall should be implemented. Teaching objectives include: 1) managing a product recall, 2) ethical considerations in product safety and product recalls, and 3) the meaning of customer care.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
Fortune 500, USD2.5 billion assets
Other setting(s):
1988-1989

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Abstract

A fire is reported in a Black & Decker Spacemaker Plus Coffeemaker. This newly introduced product is a 'Key Introduction' for Black & Decker's Household Product Group (HPG). HPG's president has to decide whether the product should be recalled and, if so, how the recall should be implemented. Teaching objectives include: 1) managing a product recall, 2) ethical considerations in product safety and product recalls, and 3) the meaning of customer care.

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Location:
Industry:
Size:
Fortune 500, USD2.5 billion assets
Other setting(s):
1988-1989

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