"...The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market
competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was
researchers and policy makers...."
at http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.5728v2.pdf
competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was
no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the
architecture of the international ownership network, along with the computation of the control
held by each global player. We find that transnational corporations form a giant bow-tie structure
and that a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions.
This core can be seen as an economic “super-entity” that raises new important issues both for
researchers and policy makers...."
at http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.5728v2.pdf
