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,...

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: General Approaches to Ratings -- Chapter 1: Ratings as Tools of Informational Transparency -- 1.1 Evolution of the Understanding of Rating -- 1.1.1 What Is Success and Successfulness? -- 1.1.2 How Can Success Be Measured? -- 1.1.3 So...