This allowed for service improvement decisions to be made such as service improvements that are both necessary (low satisfaction ratings) and important for students (high importance ratings).
The business of America, it sometimes seems, is finance.Which makes the car firms' credit ratings hugely important, for without a decent rating, the companies would not only find their debts more expensive but their competitive advantage in finance eroded compared with banks, which as a group are being upgraded.
Ratings are important, and the reasons for each rating.
Though the ratings are important, there is something broader at stake.
Though the ratings are important, there is something broader at stake for HBO, a unit of Time Warner.
Many analysts have said they do not think these bonds are likely to sustain losses, making the ratings less important.
The ratings are important because if they fall, A.I.G.'s trading partners can demand collateral on their contracts — precisely the situation that led to the global crisis last fall.
Still, this leaves much open to interpretation: are favorability ratings an important causal factor in the vote or, instead, more just a correlate of them?
Ratings are important marketing tools in the insurance industry, where companies are so complex that consumers have little way of knowing which company is likeliest to honor a long-term promise.
Last week, the first full week of blocked service for more than three million Time Warner customers, the network topped its competitors in total viewers and in all the ratings categories important to advertisers.
