TY - JOUR
AU - Schwartz,, Michael
AB - Abstract This paper examines the structure of intercorporate unity in the United States through an analysis of interlocking directorates. Our findings suggest that the major organizing institutions within the corporate world are the largest New York commercial banks, themselves united by a small number of prominent insurance companies. These institutions lend an order to corporate affairs and maintain a loose unity among firms. Although sources of conflict remain, patterns of director interlocks emphasize the capacity for cohesion supplied by the financial sector and suggest that mechanisms for conflict resolution reside within U.S. business. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes * An earlier version of this paper was presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September, 1977. The authors thank the National Science Foundation and the University of Vermont Institutional Grant Program for their support, William Atwood, James Bear den, Daniel Clausen, Lewis Coser, Peter Freitag, Carolyn Hendricks, and Eugene Weinstein for their help and the anonymous Social Problems reviewers for their comments. © 1981 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc.
TI - The Structure of Intercorporate Unity in American Business
JF - Social Problems
DO - 10.2307/800416
DA - 1981-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-structure-of-intercorporate-unity-in-american-business-3Wdtpybyt4
SP - 87
EP - 103
VL - 29
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -