19922: Studying Ranking and Ratings In the Age Of Multiple Evaluators: Common Challenges and Solutions

Friday, July 25, 2025

09:00 - 10:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C3-m9

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/XKyWL6

Organizer(s)

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Clara Depalma

Bocconi University, Italy
GD

Giada Di Stefano

Bocconi U., Italy
AS

Amanda Sharkey

U. of Notre Dame, United States

Participant(s)

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Parham Ashur

-, France
CD

Clara Depalma

Bocconi University, Italy
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Wyatt Lee

Cornell U., United States
DS

Daniel Sands

UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
YT

Yuan Tian

New York University, United States

Third-party evaluations—such as rankings, awards, and aggregated consumer reviews—have grown in influence over the last decades. As the impact of these systems continues to grow, our understanding of their direct effects on organizations—how ratings prompt firms to adjust their behavior—is well established. This workshop seeks to encourage deeper exploration into the more complex indirect and interactive effects. These include how firms navigate multiple, sometimes conflicting, evaluations, and how such ratings generate long-term changes in organizational cognition and schemas. These issues are increasingly important, but tackling them poses unique empirical challenges relative to identifying the direct effects of third-party evaluations. The workshop features a panel of five junior scholars sharing the challenges and successes they have encountered in conducting cutting-edge empirical research on these topics. Panelists will discuss the ideation and conceptualization of studies related to evolving and cutting-edges phenomena, as well as the empirical setbacks and solutions they have used in order to reconcile rigor and relevance while producing high-quality research on third-party evaluations. Overall, this PDW aims to stimulate future research by fostering collaboration and shared learning among a vibrant community of scholars interested in advancing collective understanding of the multifaceted impacts of third-party evaluations on organizational dynamics.