Mokken Robert J, Heemskerk Eelke M, Laan Steven
Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CORPNET, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Soc Netw Anal Min. 2016;6(1):40. doi: 10.1007/s13278-016-0345-x. Epub 2016 Jun 22.
Corporate networks, as induced by interlocking directorates between corporations, provide structures of personal communication between their boards. This paper studies such networks using the framework of a previous paper by Laan et al. (Soc Netw Anal Min, 2016. doi:10.1007/s13278-016-0326-0) where close communication is defined by sub-networks, so that each pair of nodes (boards of a corporation) are either neighbours or have at least one common neighbour. These correspond to sub-graphs of diameter at most 2, designated by us earlier as - of three types (coteries, social circles and hamlets), and conform three levels of close communication in social networks. They are all contained within the disjoint of a network, supercommunities which envelope all close communication between nodes of a network. This framework is applied here to an analysis of corporate board interlocks between the top 300 European corporations 2010, using the data from an earlier study by one of us (Heemskerk in Econ Soc 42:74-101, 2013). While the results corroborate the main findings of the earlier studies, our approach also uncovers additional, thus far unrevealed patterns. A single dominant European borough with the Francophone network as its centre and that of Germany only regionally and internally connected. The UK business elite on the other hand is very present and prominent in this European structure of corporate close communication.
由公司间连锁董事关系所引发的企业网络，为各公司董事会之间提供了人际沟通结构。本文采用拉恩等人（《社会网络分析与计量》，2016年。doi:10.1007/s13278-016-0326-0）先前一篇论文的框架来研究此类网络，其中紧密沟通由子网络定义，即每对节点（公司董事会）要么是邻居关系，要么至少有一个共同邻居。这些对应于直径至多为2的子图，我们之前将其指定为三种类型（小团体、社交圈和小村庄），并符合社交网络中三个紧密沟通层次。它们都包含在网络的不相交部分，即超级社区内，超级社区涵盖了网络节点之间的所有紧密沟通。在此框架下，本文利用我们其中一人（赫姆斯克尔克，《经济与社会》42:74 - 101，2013年）早期研究的数据，对2010年欧洲前300家公司的董事会连锁关系进行了分析。虽然结果证实了早期研究的主要发现，但我们的方法也揭示了迄今尚未发现的其他模式。一个以法语网络为中心的单一主导欧洲区域，德国仅在区域内和国内有联系。另一方面，英国商业精英在这种欧洲企业紧密沟通结构中非常活跃且突出。
