In this book, we take a deep dive into product safety issues and the product recalls that can result from them. We focus, in particular, on supply chain product quality issues, although we consider also other sources of product hazards. Similarly, we focus on many examples from China, although we consider some leading examples also from other parts of the world.

This book is first and foremost a compilation of research findings from a significant global research project on product safety and recalls headed by Professor Xiande Zhao. It is unique in that it examines these issues from a wide variety of perspectives and using a wide variety of methodologies. These methodologies include detailed case research on both examples of poor practices and best practices, firsthand accounts by several key players in well-known product recalls, event study methodology to determine the financial impact of a product recall announcement, controlled experiments to determine the effect of various recall strategies on consumers, and surveys to determine the relationship among key factors related to product safety hazards and product recalls.

在这本书中，我们将深入探讨产品安全问题以及由此导致的产品召回。我们特别关注供应链产品质量问题，尽管我们也考虑其他产品危害源。同样地，我们关注许多来自中国的例子，尽管我们也考虑了一些来自世界其他地区的领先例子。

这本书首先是由赵先德教授领导的一个重要的全球产品安全和召回研究项目的研究结果的汇编。它的独特之处在于它从广泛的角度和使用各种各样的方法来研究这些问题。这些方法包括对不良做法和最佳做法实例的详细案例研究、知名产品召回中几个关键参与者的第一手资料、确定产品召回公告的财务影响的事件研究方法、确定各种召回策略对消费者调查，以确定与产品安全危害相关的关键因素与产品召回之间的关系。