Month: February 2013
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Life in a Networked Age
John Robb, who brought us the term “open source warfare,” wallops the concerns of governance of our increasingly global network: A global network is too large and complex for a bureaucracy to manage. It would be too slow, expensive, and inefficient to be of value. Further, even if one could be built, it would be impossible to apply…
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Transnational Corporation Networks Affect the Market and Stability
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…