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Handbook of Ratings

Approaches to Ratings in the Economy, Sports, and Society

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Published: 18th Aug 2016
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm d 22mm
Weight: 704g
ISBN-10: 3319392603
ISBN-13: 9783319392608
Barcode No: 9783319392608
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This handbook presents a systematic overview of approaches to, diversity, and problems involved in interdisciplinary rating methodologies. Historically, the purpose of ratings is to achieve information transparency regarding a given body's activities, whether in the field of finance, banking, or sports for example. This book focuses on commonly used rating methods in three important fields: finance, sports, and the social sector. In the world of finance, investment decisions are largely shaped by how positively or negatively economies or financial instruments are rated. Ratings have thus become a basis of trust for investors. Similarly, sports evaluation and funding are largely based on core ratings. From local communities to groups of nations, public investment and funding are also dependent on how these bodies are continuously rated against expected performance targets. As such, ratings need to reflect the consensus of all stakeholders on selected aspects of the work and how to evaluate their success. The public should also have the opportunity to participate in this process. The authors examine current rating approaches from a variety of proposals that are closest to the public consensus, analyzing the rating models and summarizing the methods of their construction. This handbook offers a valuable reference guide for managers, analysts, economists, business informatics specialists, and researchers alike.

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"The monograph presents a review of various rating methodologies in attempt of their unification in a combined framework of common criteria and approaches used in various fields of human interests. ... Most of the chapters' present additional material on Russian systems of ratings. The monograph can be interesting to researchers and graduate students in various applied sciences requiring systematical ordering and prioritization of multiple items by numerous characteristics." (Stan Lipovetsky, Technometrics, Vol. 59 (3), July, 2017)