Are Latin America's corporate elites transnationally interconnected? A network analysis of interlocking directorates
Are Latin America's corporate elites transnationally interconnected? A network analysis of interlocking directorates
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DOI：
10.1111/glob.12070
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发表时间：
2015-10-01
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2.4
通讯作者：
Cardenas, Julian
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作者：
Cardenas, Julian
在考虑拉丁美洲出现一个有凝聚力的跨国公司网络时，会出现一些不确定的观点。一方面，区域政治一体化、外国投资增长、跨国并购增加以及文化和语言的同质性可能促进了拉丁美洲公司精英之间的跨国网络。另一方面，以国内为基础的商业集团，家族控制和对美国的贸易导向可能阻碍了拉丁美洲有凝聚力的跨国公司网络的出现。连锁董事会在拉丁美洲的300家最大的公司之间的网络分析的基础上，我问该地区的企业精英是否在跨国层面互连，形成一个有凝聚力的跨国公司网络。我发现几乎没有跨国连锁，跨国公司网络缺乏凝聚力，也没有区域领导人。拉丁美洲的公司精英没有跨国联系，因此没有形成有凝聚力的跨国公司网络。我讨论的影响和未来的研究途径。
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.