Crisis and Competition in Expert Organizational Decision Making: Credit-Rating Agencies and Their Response to Turbulence in Emerging Economies

By Paul M. Vaaler, Gerry McNamara. 2004

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The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises: the effect of family management, human capital and foreign ownership (2010, methodology): “Such a classification is an adaptation of the partition used by Vaaler and McNamara (2004).”
The Performance Implications of Participating in an Acquisition Wave: Early Mover Advantages, Bandwagon Effects, and The Moderating Influence of Industry Characteristics and Acquirer Tactics (2008, background): “Consequently, they become less accurate in their decision assessments, more prone to overreact to new information, and overly committed to matching or outdoing their competition (Vaaler & McNamara, 2004).”
Benefiting from economic crisis? Strategic orientation effects, trade-offs, and configurations with resource availability on SME performance (2020, background): “Strategic orientations in the context of economic crisis A crisis can be defined as a period of unexpected and unfavorable external environment shifts which create intense difficulties, emerging troubles, or new threats for organizations (Vaaler and McNamara 2004).”
Finding the “Democratic Advantage” in Sovereign Bond Ratings: The Importance of Strong Courts, Property Rights Protection, and the Rule of Law (2012, methodology): “…the importance not necessarily of veto players but of cross-issue coalitions that help promote debt repayment under limited government+ 62+ See Block and Vaaler 2004; Vaaler and McNamara 2004; and Vaaler, Schrage, and Block 2005+ 63+ See Johnson and Crisp 2003, who argue that ideology…”
Why Do Firms Bribe? (2010, methodology): “Vaaler and McNamara (2004) use an ann ual average of country political and civil rights from Freedom House to proxy for the level of political freedom in a country, as a way to correct for these biases.”
Sovereign Bonds and the “Democratic Advantage”: Does Regime Type Affect Credit Rating Agency Ratings in the Developing World? (2007, background): “…with International Bank Credit Analysis, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co+, and Thomson Bank Watch between 1997 and 2000+ 45+ See Block and Vaaler 2004; and Vaaler and McNamara 2004+ 46+ Rating dates are given if a country’s rating changes+ However, when the rating stays the same, the CRA provides…”
Latin America Management Research: Review, Synthesis, and Extension (2011, background): “…1983) by examining issues such as the relationship between political instability and foreign investment flow (Levis, 1979) and conducting risk assessments of politically unstable emerging economies (Carrieri & Majerbi, 2006; Dougherty & Specter, 1982; McNamara, 2000; Vaaler & McNamara, 2004).”