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- Bohman, Love, 1978-
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Bringing the owners back in : An analysis of a 3-mode interlock network
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper examines the association between ownership and director inter-locks in Swedish big business between 1990-2005. By analyzes of the 3-mode network of owners, firms, and directors, it is showed that ownership and director interlocks are highly associated. Over the 16 years analyzed, up to 47.1% of all multiple director assignments are dependent on owner inter-locks, and the range is 0.307 (2001) to 0.471 (1991). Although still high, the association between ownership and directorship interlocks has decreased during the studied period. This is shown to be due to a decrease in the asso-ciation between ownership interlocks and director interlocks for directors without any CEO positions. For directors with at least one CEO position, the association between the interlock types is stable over the entire period. The findings provide a new understanding of the mechanisms behind the formation of director interlocks. Furthermore, the association between the interlock types suggests that the ownership network may potentially (co-)produce some of the phenomena that have been attributed to the director network. Future analyses of director interlocks have to bring the owners back in.
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- Bohman, Love, 1978-
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Director Interlocking and Firm Ownership : Longitudinal Studies of 1- and 3-Mode Network Dynamics
- 2010
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis is based on three empirical studies of the director interlock network among Swedish firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, focusing on its consequences for firm behavior and its association with ownership structures. Director interlocks are created when directors serve on, and hence interlock, several boards. Director interlocks aggregate to a social network that not only connects most firms into a single component, but are, more essentially, also shown to affect firm behavior. The introductory chapter contains a review of the director interlock research as well as some suggestions for future research directions.Study I is an examination of the importance of director interlock relations for stock repurchases. Using parametric survival analysis, it is demonstrated that the decision to repurchase stocks is dependent on both the firms’ economic settings and their director interlocks.Study II examines the network impact on recruitment of new board members in the network of firms, directors, and owners. Using simulations, it is shown that directors with personal contact with a director and/or owner of the recruiting firm have a substantially increased probability of being recruited to the focal board.Study III examines the association between ownership and director interlocks. Re-analyses of the same network examined in Study II show that multiple director assignments are highly dependent on ownership interlocks.The three studies exemplify the real-world consequences of board interlocks and field a new understanding of the mechanisms behind their formation. Furthermore, the association between the director and ownership interlocks suggests that the ownership network (co-)produces some of the phenomena that have been attributed to the director network. These results underscore the need for further examination of director interlocks to bring the owners back into the analysis.
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- Bohman, Love, 1978-
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Interlocking directorates and director recruitment : A longitudinal analysis of a 3-mode network
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper examines the network impact on recruitment of new board members. Analyzing a longitudinal 3-mode network, all recruitment done at firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange between 1990-2005 is examined. It is shown that new board members tend to be recruited through already existent links in the interlocking directorship network, but also through the network of common ownership. This applies to directors that have personal contact with a director and/or owner of the recruiting firm. There is, however, no positive network effect for directors further removed from the recruiting firms, or being in close proximity to the recruiting boards’ chairmen. It is also shown that the benefit of personal contacts with the recruiting boards’ directors is substantial, potentially more than four times higher than would be expected if network distance were of no importance in the recruitment process.
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- Nilsson, Jenny, 1978-, et al.
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What is in a greeting? The social meaning of greetings in Sweden-Swedish and Finland-Swedish service encounters
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Pragmatics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0378-2166 .- 1879-1387. ; 168, s. 1-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates the use of greetings in Sweden-Swedish and Finland-Swedish service encounters and the social meaning of different greeting forms. Situated within the framework of variational pragmatics, the study explores Swedish as a pluricentric language and investigates with interactional and statistical analyses to what extent the variable nation affect variation in greeting forms. While nation indeed is an important factor, the study also illustrates how social variables such as age, gender and participant roles as well as situational variables such as medium, region and venue impact the greeting choices participants make. Further, by applying an interactional analytical perspective the study contributes to the methodological development of variational pragmatics. This analysis shows how the sequential position of a greeting plays a part in the choice of greetings, and demonstrates that pragmatic variation emerges in interaction. The article suggests that greetings can be a resource for indexing the degree of social distance between interlocutors, and thereby manifest recurring cultural patterns.
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