Decline of the corporate community: network dynamics of the Dutch business elite
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Table of Contens
Tables and Figures 9
Preface 11
1 Corporate Communities, Governance and Control 15
Introduction 15
Corporate Power and the Corporate Elite 20
Research Questions 23
Corporate Governance and Corporate Control 26
Coordination and Competition 28
Networks as Institutions 31
The Social Organisation of Corporate Governance
Networks 33
The Transformation of the Business System 38
Informal Institutions and Change 39
Outline 41
2 Decline of the Corporate Network 45
Introduction 45
Corporate Networks and Corporate Regimes 48
The Dutch Corporate Regime 50
Governance in the Financial Sector 53
Ownership and Control in the Netherlands 55
Network Analysis of Interlocking Directorates 59
Disintegration of the Corporate Network 61
Centrality of Firms 65
Corporate Boards 66
Multiple Board Interlocks 69
Executive and Supervisory Interlocks 73
The Loss of Bank Centrality 75
Conclusion 78
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3 The End of the Old Boys Network 79
Introduction 79
The Old Boys Network 80
The Inner Circle 83
The Small World of the Corporate Elite 86
Closure and Brokerage 89
Multiple Meetings 93
Big Linkers 95
Conclusion 98
4 The Corporate Elite's Informal Networks 101
Introduction 101
Interviewing the Corporate Elite 103
Corporate Elite and the Business Community 105
Business Associations and Non Corporate Boards 108
The Formative Years 110
Patterns of Recruitment 112
Putting the Network to Use 114
Tournaments, Conferences and Funerals 117
The Fragility of Social Capital 119
Dinner and Debating Clubs 121
Yachts and the Skybox 124
Is There Still a Corporate Community? 126
Conclusion 127
5 Formalisation of Governance 131
Introduction 131
Formalisation and Competition 133
Internationalisation of Boards 136
The Jostle for Board Seats 138
Accountability and Risks 140
Corporate Social Responsibility 143
Remuneration as Status Attainment 149
Conclusion 153
6 Conclusions 155
Decline of the Corporate Community 155
The Dutch Corporate Regime 158
Good Corporate Governance and the Corporate Elite 160
Why Did the Network Fall Apart? 162
Exhaustion and Displacement 164
Migrating Corporate Networks 165
Suggestions for Future Research 166
6 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appendix I Mergers and Acquisitions in Banking 171
Appendix II Glossary 175
Appendix III List of Top 250 Firms in the Netherlands 179
Appendix IV Big Linkers 207
Appendix V Meetings of the Interviewees 211
Notes 213
Literature 231
Index 249
TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
Tables and Figures
Table 1.1: Characteristics of Forms of Capitalism 17
Table 2.1: Characteristics of Interlocking Directorate Networks 63
Table 2.2: Centrality and Cohesiveness 65
Table 2.3: Sample and Board Composition 68
Table 2.4: Edge Multiplicity 70
Table 2.5: Executive and Outside Interlocks 73
Table 2.6: Sending and Receiving Interlocks with Financials 75
Table 2.7: Executive Interlocks with Financials 76
Table 3.1: Corporate Elite and Inner Circle During
the Twentieth Century 85
Table 3.2: Properties of Meeting Networks 88
Table 3.3: Distribution of Betweenness Centrality in the Dominant
Component of the Inner Circle 92
Table 3.4: Big Linkers 96
Table 4.1: Stratified Sample of Corporate Directors 104
Table 5.1: Network Centrality and CSR 148
Table 5.2: Management Orientation and CSR Preference 148
Table 5.3: Promoters of CSR: Network Position
and Stakeholder Orientation 149
Table IV. 1: Big Linkers 207
Figure 1.1: The Social Organisation of Corporate Governance Networks 35
Figure 2.1: Main Component in 1976, 180 Firms 61
Figure 2.2: Main Component in 1996, 194 Firms 62
Figure 2.3: Main Component in 2001, 137 Firms 62
Figure 2.4: Multiple Interlocks in 1976 71
Figure 2.5: Multiple Interlocks in 1996 72
Figure 2.6: Multiple Interlocks in 2001 72
Figure 3.1: From Caveman Graph to Interlocked Caveman Graph 86
Figure 3.2: Multiple Meetings in the Inner Circle,
Main Component in 1976 93
Figure 3.3: Multiple Meetings in the Inner Circle,
Main Components in 1996 94
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Figure 3.4: Multiple Meetings in the Inner Circle,
Main Components in 2001 94
Figure 3.5: Meetings of Big Linkers, 1976 97
Figure 3.6: Meetings of Big Linkers, 1996 98
Figure 3.7: Meetings of Big Linkers, 2001 98
Figure 5.1: Styles of Board Governance 134
Figure V.I Corporate Network of the Interviewees 211
Figure V.2 Corporate Meeting Network Interviewees 212
Figure V.3 Indirect Connections between Interviewees 212
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