The Small World of the American Corporate Elite, 1982-2001

Strategic Organization

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-326

  Davis, Gerald F ^a   Yoo, Mina ^b   Baker, Wayne E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

business elites; complex systems; corporate governance; networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728969     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14761270030013002     Document Type: Article

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