Crisis and competition in expert organizational decision making: Credit-rating agencies and their response to turbulence in emerging economies

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 687-703

  Vaaler, Paul M ^a   McNamara, Gerry ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emerging markets; Experts; Industry positioning; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144265682     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0089     Document Type: Article

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