Networks everywhere

(CORPORATE NETWORKS HERE)

Data

• 200 million companies (green)
• 90 million directors (orange)
• 150 million position (edges)
• 90 million ownership relationships.

Micro to macro

• Decisions happen at the micro scale
• Have an effect in the macro scale
• The macro conditions affect the micro decision
• The effect is not obvious (emergence)

Describe the structure

• Cohesive transnational elite vs competing regional elites 

Model consequences of the interlocks.

• Inequality: 

Model consequences of the interlocks.

• Information spread: 
  • City evolution
  • Investment in new fields
  • Homogenization of culture

Model dynamics & Predict

• Agent based modeling
• Connect micro scale
  • Establish the importance of micro-motives