Affiliation:
1. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
2. Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Abstract
ABSTRACT Several studies have indicated a type of hierarchical capitalism in Latin America, characterized by the presence of multinational and state corporations, diversified multi-enterprise groups, low-skilled labor, and segmented labor markets. From the perspective of ownership networks, we explore who the owners of large Brazilian corporations are. These networks reveal actors and groups with prominent positions in the structure and ownership of companies. Thus, this article proposes to 1) describe the ownership network of the largest Brazilian corporations; 2) analyze the density, average degree, modularity, and the number of components connected in this network; 3) analyze measures of weighted degree centrality, intermediation, and eigenvector; 4) identify and analyze subgroups in the network, and 5) relate the configuration of the ownership network with hierarchical capitalism in the Brazilian context. The results point to prominent positions of financial shareholders, the Brazilian state (state-owned firms), and groups composed mostly of large multinationals, financial firms, families, and state-owned firms, confirming that the ownership structure is strongly linked to these players.
Subject
Marketing,Strategy and Management,Industrial relations,Business and International Management,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous),Management of Technology and Innovation,Management Science and Operations Research,Information Systems and Management,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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