STOKMAN-ZIEGLER CORPORATE INTERLOCKS

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STOKMAN-ZIEGLER CORPORATE INTERLOCKS

DATASET SZCID, SZCIG

DESCRIPTION SZCID: One 16x16 matrix, symmetric, valued.

SZCIG: One 15-by-15 matrix, symmetric, valued.

BACKGROUND These data come from a six-year research project, concluded in 1976, on corporate power in nine European countries and the United States. Each matrix represents corporate interlocks among the major business entities of two countries - the Netherlands (SZCID) and West Germany (SZCIG).

The volume describing this study, referenced below, includes six chapters on network theoretical and analytical issues related to data of this type.

REFERENCES Ziegler R., Bender R. and Biehler H. (1985). Industry and banking in the German corporate network. In F. Stokman, R. Ziegler & J. Scott (eds), Networks of corporate power. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1985.

Stokman F., Wasseur F. and Elsas D. (1985). The Dutch network: Types of interlocks and network structure. In F. Stokman, R. Ziegler & J. Scott (eds), Networks of corporate power. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1985.