Transnationalists and national networkers in the global corporate elite

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-314

  Carroll, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global 500; Interlocking directorates; Network analysis; Transnational capitalist class

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE NETWORKS; GLOBAL 500; INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALIST CLASS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

CAPITALISM; CORPORATE STRATEGY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67650215145     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2008.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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