Delineating the corporate elite: Inquiring the boundaries and composition of interlocking directorate networks
| Autor: | M. Jouke Huijzer, Eelke M. Heemskerk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Political Science, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Political Economy and Transnational Governance (PETGOV, AISSR, FMG) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
05 social sciences Comparability General Social Sciences Sampling (statistics) Accounting Sample (statistics) Original Articles 0506 political science Test (assessment) Sample size determination Order (exchange) Elite networks 0502 economics and business Elite Interlocking directorate 050602 political science & public administration Capitalist class Original Article Business Corporate power 050203 business & management Network Analysis |
| Zdroj: | Global Networks (Oxford, England) Global Networks Global Networks, 21(4), 791-820. Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 1470-2266 |
| Popis: | Corporate elite studies have for long investigated networks of interlocking directorates to test and corroborate key theoretical expectations regarding the cohesive organization of such an elite and their ability and willingness to act on behalf of general business interests. These studies typically collect data on a list of 50, 100, 200 or 500 corporations ranked by economic size, sometimes stratified in sectors. The sampling approach often follows previous studies in order to increase comparability. These relatively arbitrary sampling practices are problematic because they impact the empirical results and our therefore the conclusions drawn from it. Using a sample of 3251 Canada‐based corporations, we establish that indeed different sampling criteria – that is sample size, proportion of financial firms, inclusion of state‐owned enterprises and so on – significantly impacts network properties of corporate elite networks. We establish rather disturbing differences, especially for smaller sample sizes ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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