Some may be interested in this .... The full paper can be downloaded
from this link.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5728
The network of global corporate control
Stefania Vitali, James B. Glattfelder, Stefano Battiston
(Submitted on 28 Jul 2011 (v1), last revised 19 Sep 2011 (this
version, v2))
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 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. _______________________________________________
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