Decline of the corporate community : network dynamics of the Dutch business elite /

"From its inception, big business in the western industrialised world has been organised in national business communities. Central elements of these business communities are corporate board interlocks that constitute the notorious 'Old Boys Network'. This corporate elite connects the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heemskerk, Eelke M. (Eelke Michiel)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:	Business networks > Netherlands. Business enterprises > Netherlands. Réseaux d'affaires > Pays-Bas. Entreprises > Pays-Bas. Economics, finance, business and management. Business and management. Language. linguistics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Motivational. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Mentoring & Coaching. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General. Business enterprises. Business networks. Netherlands. Unternehmen Wirtschaftliche Elite Soziales Netzwerk Niederlande Business and management Dutch and Flemish language Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Corporate communities, governance and control
Decline of the corporate network
The end of the old boys network
The corporate elite's informal networks
Formalisation of governance
Conclusions
Appendix I: Mergers and acquisitions in banking
Appendix II: Glossary
Appendix III: List of top 250 firms in the Netherlands
Appendix IV: Big linkers
Appendix V: Meetings of the interviewees.