Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/287078 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Networks and Spatial Economics [ISSN:] 1572-9427 [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 681-705
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Board and director interlocks
Network core
Network formation
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