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The Core of the Global Corporate Network

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  • Ricardo Giglio

    (Federal University of Santa Catarina)

  • Thomas Lux

    (University of Kiel)

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We investigate the network topology of a comprehensive data set of the world-wide population of corporate entities. In particular, we have extracted information on the boards of all companies listed in Bloomberg’s archive of company profiles in October, 2015, a total of almost 100,000 firms. We provide information on board membership overlaps at various levels, and, in particular, show that there exists a core of directors who accumulate a large number of seats and are highly connected among themselves both at the level of national networks and at the worldwide aggregated level.

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  • Ricardo Giglio & Thomas Lux, 2021. "The Core of the Global Corporate Network," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 681-705, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:netspa:v:21:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s11067-021-09527-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11067-021-09527-8
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