TY - JOUR 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. VL - 338 IS - 1-2 TI - The corporate boards networks A1 - Caldarelli, Guido A1 - Catanzaro, Michele EP - 106 AV - none SP - 98 Y1 - 2004/03// JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications ID - eprints1117 KW - PACS: 87.10; 89.75.?k; 89.75.Hc; Keywords: Networks; Companies; Boards UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2004.02.030 PB - Elsevier SN - 0378-4371 ER -