National and international interlocking directorates within Europe: Corporate networks within and among fifteen European countries

Economy and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-25

  van Veen, Kees ^a   Kratzer, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate networks; European union; Interlocking directorates; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 79951776605     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2011.529376     Document Type: Article

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