Is the corporate elite disintegrating? Interlock boards and the Mizruchi hypothesis

Kevin Mentzer, Francois Xavier Dudouet, Dominique Haughton, Pierre Latouche, Fabrice Rossi

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Abstract

This paper proposes an approach for comparing interlocked board networks over time to test for statistically significant change. In addition to contributing to the conversation about whether the Mizruchi hypothesis (that a disintegration of power is occurring within the corporate elite) holds or not, we propose novel methods to handle a longitudinal investigation of a series of social networks where the nodes undergo a few modifications at each time point. Methodologically, our contribution is two-fold: we extend a Bayesian model hereto applied to compare two time periods to a longer time period, and we define and employ the concept of a hull of a sequence of social networks, which makes it possible to circumvent the problem of changing nodes over time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2015
EditorsJian Pei, Jie Tang, Fabrizio Silvestri
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages781-786
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450338547
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2015 - Paris, France
Duration: 25 Aug 201528 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2015

Conference

ConferenceIEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2015
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period25/08/1528/08/15

Keywords

  • Bayesian analysis
  • Hull of a sequence of social networks
  • Interlock boards
  • Longitudinal social networks
  • Mizruchi hypothesis

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