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Interlocking Directorate Networks

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Synonyms

Board interlocks; Corporate elite; Interlocking directorate network; Old boys network; Power elite

Interlocking directorate::

A link between two organizations that emerges when at least one person is a member of both organizations’ board of directors simultaneously

Interlocking directorate network::

The cumulative set of interlocking directorates that together form a network of linkages between a set of boards of directors

SNA::

Social network analysis

Definition

An interlocking directorate is a link between two organizations that emerges when at least one person is a member of both organizations’ board of directors simultaneously. The cumulative set of interlocking directorates together forms an interlocking directorate network. These networks are analyzed from a variety of perspectives with a variety of tools. They are often seen as an expression of concentration of corporate power and are studied on a national and a global level.

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Since the emergence of the...

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Kees van Veen

  2. Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Eelke M. Heemskerk

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  1. Kees van Veen
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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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  1. Department of Sociology, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jacob Dijkstra

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van Veen, K., Heemskerk, E.M. (2017). Interlocking Directorate Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_274-1

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