Varieties of corporate networks: Network analysis and fsQCA

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-322

  Cárdenas, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Corporate networks; elites; fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis; interlocking directorates; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORK; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84869826801     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715212460257     Document Type: Article

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