The Power of Corporate Networks

Abstract

Preface Frans Stokman 1. Comparing Corporate Networks in a Long Term Perspective Thomas David and Gerarda Westerhuis Part I: Large Developed Economies 2. The Decline of the American Corporate Network, 1960-2010 Todd Schifeling and Mark S. Mizruchi 3. The Structure of Networks: The Transformation of UK Business 1904 - 2010 Gerhard Schnyder and John F. Wilson 4. The Corporate Network in Germany 1896 - 2010 Paul Windolf Part II: Small European Economies 5. The Dutch Corporate Network: Considering its Persistence Gerarda Westerhuis 6. From National Cohesion to Transnationalization: the Changing Role of Banks in the Swiss Company Network (1910-2010) Stephanie Ginalski, Thomas David and Andre Mach 7. Austria Inc. (1937-2008) under Strain: The Fading Power of Creditanstalt Bank and the End of the Nationalised Industry Philipp Korom Part III: State Capitalism? 8. Ebbs and Flows of French Capitalism Pierre Francois and Claire Lemercier 9. Persistent and Stubborn: The State in Italian Capitalism 1913-2001 Alberto Rinaldi and Michelangelo Vasta Part IV: "Peripheral" Europe 10. Business Coalitions and Segmentation: Dynamics of the Portuguese Corporate Network Alvaro Ferreira da Silva and Pedro Neves 11. Bulgarian Business Elite, 1900s-2000s Martin Ivanov and Georgi Ganev 12. "From Dense to Loose?" Corporate Networks and Interlocks in Finnish Business in the Twentieth Century Susanna Fellman, Kari-Matti Piilahti and Valtteri Harmala Part V: Developed Economies in Asia and Latin America 13. Longitudinal Study of Interlocking Directorates in Argentina and Foreign Firms' Integration into Local Capitalism (1923-2000) Andrea Lluch and Erica Salvaj 14. Between State Power and Familism: the Directorate Interlock Network in Taiwan throughout the Twentieth Century Zong-Rong Lee and Thijs A. Velema 15. Evolution of Corporate Networks in Twentieth Century Japan Satoshi Koibuchi and Tetsuji Okazaki