***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Dear all, We are delighted to have six sessions in the Corporate Network track at this years Sunbelt! The papers examine the political, economic and sociological consequences of the network ties and/or treat network ties as a phenomenon to be explained, visualized or set in historical perspective. For your convenience, we compiled a document with the schedule (see also below) as well as the abstracts of the presentations. Itıs here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5nepa0408pgy6n0/Corporate%20Network%20track%20Sunb elt%20sessions.pdf?dl=0 See you in Brighton! Roy Barnes Eelke Heemskerk Overview Panels & Presentations: Time# PresentorTitle Corporate Networks 1: Power elite networks Thu13:401Richard A. BentonManagerial Entrenchment and Structural Cohesion Among America's Corporate Elite. Thu14:002Lothar KrempelThe structure of voting rights in listed companies pre and post a fine of EUR 3.25m Thu14:203Joshua MurrayThe Inner Circle: Reports of its Death Are Greatly Exaggerated Thu14:404Jun KanamitsuDoes good Reputation lead to good governance and ROA for interlocked corporations ? Corporate Networks 2: Structure and generating mechanisms I Fri08:405Ji Youn (Rose) KimThe origin and evolution of board interlock formation Fri09:006Bruce CroninThe Effects of Director Interlinks on UK Firm Performance - A Longitudinal Study Fri09:207Murat ÜnalSocial Dependence of Independent Directors in Europe`s Largest Companies Fri09:408Zuzana LaffersovaNorwegian gender quota and dynamics of board networks Corporate Networks 3: Power elite networks in historical perspective Fri13:409Hubert Buch-Hansen and Lasse Folke HenriksenToxic Ties: Transnational Networks and Cartelization in the European Chemical Industry, 1960-2000 Fri14:0010Gerhard SchnyderThe Great Divide? Bank-industry relationships and corporate networks in Britain, 1904-2010 Fri14:2011Olga V. MayorovaChanges in the Elite Circles: American Corporate Interlocks from 1990s through 2014 Fri14:4012Pedro NevesCorporate networks in the periphery: dynamics of the Portuguese business system (1913-2010) Corporate Networks 4: Structure and generating mechanisms II Sat08:4013Sana Elouaer-MrizakExploring Interlocking Directorates using Exponential Random Graph Models Sat09:0014Jon MacKayObserving Advantage: The Role of Cognition in the Marketplace for Syndicated Loans Sat09:2015Gennady ZavyalovInterorganizational Network Governance: Analyzing the Dynamic Interdependence of Network Structure and Performance in Board Interlocks Sat09:4016Emilia Borges Should pre-IPO firms signal status through highly central board members? Corporate Networks 5: Big Business, Politics and Policy Network Sat13:4017Catherine CometThe corporate elite and the policy-planning network in France and in Portugal Sat14:0018Vladimir PopovInterlocks of Business and Politics and State Capitalism in contemporary Russia Sat14:2019Roy BarnesPolitical contributions and brokerage roles, a preliminary analysis Sat14:4020Zong-Rong LeeKinship network and the diffusion of political donation among business groups in Taiwan Sat15:0021Lisa SezerPolitico-religious ties and corporate political power: Evidence from cross-industry business associations in Turkey. Corporate Networks 6: International corporate elites Sun08:4022Antoine VionThe European transnational inner circle reconsidered Sun09:0023Meindert FennemaThe global corporate elite after the financial crisis: evidence from the transnational network of interlocking directorates Sun09:2024Olivier Godechot Structural exchange pays off. Reciprocity, cycles and board compensations in UK firms (2001-2011) Sun09:2025Julian CardenasNetworks of interlocking ownership in Latin America Sun10:0026Nana de GraaffUS elite power and the rise of 'statist' Chinese elites in global markets _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.