TY  - JOUR
SN  - 0378-4371
N2  - In this work we apply network theory to detect in a quantitative fashion some of the characters of the system composed by companies and their boards of directors. Modelling this as a bipartite graph, we can derive two networks (one for the companies and one for the directors) and apply to them the standard graph analysis instruments. The emerging picture shows an environment where the exchange of information and mutual influences, conveyed by interlocks between boards, is predominant. Such a result should be taken into account when modelling this system.
KW  - PACS: 87.10; 89.75.?k; 89.75.Hc; Keywords: Networks; Companies; Boards
TI  - The corporate boards networks
AV  - none
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2004.02.030
ID  - eprints1117
EP  - 106
PB  - Elsevier
A1  - Caldarelli, Guido
A1  - Catanzaro, Michele
SP  - 98
Y1  - 2004/03//
JF  - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
IS  - 1-2
VL  - 338
ER  -