National and international interlocking directorates within Europe: corporate networks within and among fifteen European countries

This article focuses on the structural aspects of interlocking directorate networks within and among fifteen European countries. The results show large quantitative differences in network densities within countries. These differences are strongly and significantly related to the 'variety of cap...

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Published in:Economy and society 2011-02, Vol.40 (1), p.1-25
Main Authors: van Veen, Kees, Kratzer, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Board of directors
Boards of directors
Borders
Capitalism
corporate networks
Corporations
Enterprises
EU membership
Europe
European Union
Interlocking Directorates
Interorganizational Networks
Manycountries
Membership
Networks
Quantitative analysis
Sociology
Sociology of organizations and enterprises. Bureaucracy and administration
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Studies
varieties of capitalism
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Summary:This article focuses on the structural aspects of interlocking directorate networks within and among fifteen European countries. The results show large quantitative differences in network densities within countries. These differences are strongly and significantly related to the 'variety of capitalism' in place. Second, an analysis of the interlocking directorates across country borders reveals a European interlocking directorate network in which different countries take quite different positions. As it turns out, a country's international position is strongly and significantly related to its EU membership duration. Additionally, there are indications of a link between the structure of the interlocking directorate network within a country and how that country is positioned in the international network. Data were collected in 2006 concerning 362 corporations with 6115 board positions in fifteen European countries.
ISSN:0308-5147
1469-5766
DOI:10.1080/03085147.2011.529376