Are Latin America's corporate elites transnationally interconnected? A network analysis of interlocking directorates

被引:39
作者
Cardenas, Julian [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Lateinamerika Inst, D-14197 Berlin, Germany
[2] Univ Antioquia, Dept Sociol, Medellin, Colombia
来源
GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 2015年 / 15卷 / 04期
关键词
INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATE NETWORK; CORPORATE ELITES; LATIN AMERICA; CAPITALIST CLASS; BUSINESS GROUPS; NONPROFIT; COMMUNITY; STRATEGY; EUROPE; TIES;
D O I
10.1111/glob.12070
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Conflicting perspectives appear when thinking about the emergence of a cohesive transnational corporate network in Latin America. On the one hand, regional political integration, foreign investment growth, increased cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and cultural and linguistic homogeneity may have fostered transnational networks among Latin America's corporate elites. On the other hand, domestic-based business groups, family control and trade orientation to the USA may have hindered the emergence of a cohesive transnational corporate network in Latin America. Based on a network analysis of interlocking directorates among the 300 largest corporations in Latin America, I ask whether the region's corporate elites interconnect at the transnational level and form a cohesive transnational corporate network. I found few transnational interlocks, a lack of cohesion in the transnational corporate network and no regional leaders. Corporate elites in Latin America are not transnationally interconnected and so a cohesive transnational corporate network has not emerged. I discuss implications and avenues of future research.
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