Doctoral Dissertation Research: Transnational Interlocks and Global Business

博士论文研究：跨国联锁和全球业务迈克尔施瓦茨（PI）乔希默里（共同PI）纽约州立大学石溪分校摘要经济全球化提出了一个问题，即新兴的跨国企业阶级是否一致行动，或者这个全球企业阶级是否内部分裂。 在这方面，连接跨国公司的连锁董事会发挥着重要作用。然而，令人惊讶的是，我们对越来越多的这种跨国连锁对国家一级经济和政治战略的影响知之甚少。这项研究测试了跨国连锁与全球商业界成员旨在影响国家政府的行动之间的关系，例如通过组建政治行动委员会，进行政治捐款，或将前政府官员安排在公司董事会。这项分析将此类商业战略的数据与财富500强公司的公司连锁董事会信息相结合，2000-2010年。首先，面板回归被用来测试的假设，即具有强大的跨国连锁董事会的公司将更有可能从事全球性和集体导向的政治行为比公司的特点，这种连锁董事会。随后的分析集中在联锁作为一个来源的统一性，通过使用纵向随机效应回归模型来测试相关的假设，即通过跨国联锁相互联系的公司将更有可能表现出类似的政治行为比非联锁公司。 更广泛的影响这个项目是及时的，考虑到目前公众对改变有关企业支出和政治行动的法规的预期和意外的长期后果的讨论。 这也反映在美国最高法院最近的一项决定中，该决定取消了对企业资助政治广播的限制（联合公民诉联邦选举委员会，558 U.S. 50，2010）。此外，政治分析人士和公众对外国实体在美国选举中的影响力提出了质疑。本研究旨在帮助我们理解在全球化背景下企业的力量对国家政府战略产生影响的条件。

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Transnational Interlocks and Global BusinessSES - 1131204Michael Schwartz (PI)Josh Murray (co-PI)SUNY Stony BrookAbstractEconomic globalization raises questions about whether the emerging transnational business class acts in unison or whether this global business class is internally factionalized. In this context, interlocking directorates that connect transnational corporations play an important role. However, we know surprisingly little about the impact the growing number of such transnational interlocks has on national-level economic and political strategies. This study tests the relationship between transnational interlocks and actions taken by members of the global business community that aim to influence national governments, for instance by forming political action committees, making political donations, or placing former government officials on a firm's board of directors.This analysis combines data on such business strategies with information about corporate interlocking directorates in Fortune 500 companies for the years 2000-2010. First, panel regressions are used to test the hypothesis that firms with strong transnational interlocking directorates will be more likely to engage in globally and collectively oriented political behavior than firms that are not characterized by such interlocking directorates. Subsequent analyses focus on interlocks as a source of unity by using longitudinal random-effects regression models to test the related hypothesis that firms linked to each other through transnational interlocks will be more likely to exhibit similar political behavior than non-interlocked firms. Broader ImpactsThis project is timely, given the current public discourse about the intended and unintended long-term consequences of changing regulations regarding corporate spending and political action. This has also found its reflection in a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that lifts limits on corporate funding of political broadcasts (Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission, 558 U.S. 50, 2010). In addition, political analysts and the public have raised questions regarding the influence of foreign entities in U.S. elections. This study seeks to contribute to our understanding of the conditions under which the power of business in a globalized context has ramifications for the strategies of national governments.