Social networks and the transnational reach of the corporate class in the early-twentieth century

Brayshay, Mark; Cleary, Mark; Selwood, John

doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2006.04.021

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“…This lacuna is significant because the growing number of MBA graduates internationally seems at odds with the existing literature on the reproduction of elite networks, which emphasizes the role of frequent face-to-face interaction in leisure spaces such as sports and private members' clubs (see Beaverstock 2002;Bourdieu 1996;Brayshay et al 2007). Indeed, given that recent estimates suggest that 132,000 individuals graduated with an MBA degree in Europe and the USA in 2006 alone (Brocklehurst et al 2007), it seems unlikely that such networks can be reproduced solely through frequent face-to-face interaction.…”

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Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks

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2010

Global Networks

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Research on elite, transnational networks has identified social and cultural capital associated with particular academic credentials as being an important element in network formation. How and why such networks are reproduced after graduation, however, has received less attention. In response, in this article I combine work on social capital and personal networks to explore the reproduction of MBA alumni networks in London's financial services district that were created in leading business schools in the USA and UK. My analysis documents the ways in which business schools and individual alumni combine forms of virtual and corporeal co‐presence to reproduce translocal educational ties. I then argue that the motivation for sustaining these educational ties lies in the potential to convert the social and cultural capital of MBA alumni networks into different types of value ranging from enhanced career progression to increased alumni donations. In doing so, I develop debates on the intersections between social capital, academic credentials and the reproduction of elite networks.

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Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks

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2010

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“…1178–1180) show that a good number of businessmen served on several boards. Evidence reported by Brayshay et al (2007) shows that interlocking directorships were important in the British colonial and international business at the beginning of the 20th century 37…”

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Managers and (Secret) Social Networks: The Influence of the Freemasonry on Firm Performance

Braggion

2011

Journal of the European Economic Association

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In this paper, I study the impact of managers’ affiliations with the Freemasonry on the performances of companies. Using a unique data set of 412 companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange between 1895 and 1902, I find that young and small firms run by Masonic managers exhibited larger leverage ratios. These companies earned higher profits, although the effect is not statistically significant. Large publicly quoted corporations managed by Freemasons instead had lower profits and lower Tobin’s Q. I discuss the issue of the endogeneity of Freemasonry membership, and I use four different approaches to partially address this.

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“…Many of Hannah's generalizations are tested in some way by specialized work elsewhere. Brayshay et al. sample a dozen London‐based multinational enterprises in 1899–1900 and 1929–30, uncovering hundreds of interlocking directorships with other firms. In their view, this underlines the depth and sophistication of British corporate capitalism, a point that also emerges from McKercher and Enjamio's study of British financial consortia operating in Cuba before 1914 and Lees's analysis of Penang Rubber Estates Ltd, a London‐based free‐standing company trading in Malaya in the same period.…”

Section: (V) 1850–1945 Mark Freeman and Julian Greaves University Of mentioning

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Social networks and the transnational reach of the corporate class in the early-twentieth century

Cited by 17 publications

References 9 publications

Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks

Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks

Managers and (Secret) Social Networks: The Influence of the Freemasonry on Firm Performance

Review of periodical literature published in 2007

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