The CORPNET research group at the University of Amsterdam studies these networks as part of a five-year research programme funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Firms are not individual market actors, but are typically embedded in dense networks of power and control, for example based on ownership or interlocking directorates. Throughout this blog article, we look at the UK from the perspective of Britain’s corporate elite network, investigating the position of the UK within the global corporate elite network. A lot of the debates on Brexit are centered around arguments based on economic impact in terms of trade, manufacturing, import/export, foreign investment, etc. A “yes” as outcome of the June 23 referendum is likely to be of substantial influence on the global economic system. The aim is to give an alternative and/or complementary “social network analysis”-perspective for the lively discussions on a possible Brexit, here focusing on data related to corporate power and control.īrexit, the possible withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, is a frequently debated topic. In this blog post we look at the United Kingdom and London from a network perspective, investigating the connectedness of British corporations in the global network of corporate control.
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