Emergence of the global elite
Diliara Valeeva
CORPNET, University of Amsterdam
Computational Sociology Meeting @ Institute for Advanced Studies / 12 July 2019
Elites today
- Tax evasion
- We are the 99%
- Global inequality
One of the questions
Does the global labor market
for corporate executives exist?
2017
Telstra Corporation (AU)
1996-2007
Sun Microsystems (NZ)
2007-2016
Juniper Networks Inc (IT)
2014
Tesla (US)
2016-2017
ABB Ltd (CH)
Robyn Denholm, chair of the Tesla board since Nov 2018
2018
Tesla (US)
Career sequence:
NZ-IT-US-CH-AU-US
2000-2017, 10k largest corporations, 9k executives
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
order of positions
individuals
Some examples: European cluster
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
order of positions
individuals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Some examples: Asian cluster
Conclusions
- There is a global labor market
- It is hierarchical, directed, complex
- There is a core and periphery
- Emergence of alternative centers
Diliara Valeeva
@diliara_valeeva
d.valeeva@uva.nl
This presentation online: slides.com/diliaravaleeva/comp-soc-ias
CORPNET
@uvaCORPNET
corpnet.uva.nl