Anne Bowers

Anne Bowers is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Rotman. Her primary research interest include how classification shapes market outcomes, particularly the impact of rating systems, rankings and social categories on organizational performance. In a second stream of research, she studies how information flows among market intermediaries, and how their non-market strategies affect various outcomes, such as rating changes, legislation, status, and media attention. Research settings include the financial services sector (equity research, relationship banking), environmental rankings (LEED), as well as online marketplaces (eBay).

Degrees:

• PhD, University of Michigan
• MBA, Southern Methodist University
• BA , Trinity University

Honors and Awards

• 2009-2012  Excellence in Teaching; Rotman School of Management
• 2011  Research Grant ($93,739; co-PI with Joel Baum); SSHRC
• 2013  Insight Development Grant ($61,876); SSHRC

Selected Publications - Papers

• The Role of Third-Party Rankings in Status Dynamics: How does the stability of rankings induct status changes? Bowers, A., Prato. M. Organization Science 2019
• Balance but not fair: Strategic balancing, rating allocations and third-party intermediaries Bowers, A. Strategic Organization 2019
• The structural origins of "unearned" status: How arbitrary changes in categories affect status position and market impact Bowers, A., Prato, M. Administrative Science Quarterly 2018
• Overt status seeking behaviour and competitive emergence among securities analysts Bowers, A., Greve, H., Mitsuhashi, H. Research in the Sociology of Organizations 2017
• Category Expectations, Category Boundaries, and Market Outcomes Bowers, A. Advances in Strategic Management 2015
• Mutual Forbearance and Competition for Information Leadership among Security Analysts Baum, J., A. Bowers, and P. Mohanram Management Science, Forthcoming 2015