The hidden costs of global supply chain solutions

G LeBaron, J Lister - Review of International Political Economy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Within the international political economy (IPE) literature on global supply chains, there is
growing debate about the effectiveness of private global supply chain solutions to address …

“What do interlocks do” revisited–a bibliometric analysis

M Smith, Y Sarabi - Management Research Review, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose It has been over 20 years since the landmark publication of Mizruchi (1996) and his
examination of “what do interlocks do?”. Since then, the nature of interlocks and subsequent …

Geopolitics and the 'new'state capitalism

I Alami, AD Dixon, R Gonzalez-Vicente, M Babic… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We may be witnessing the emergence of a new 'state capitalist'normal, a term this Forum
proposes to problematise in its geopolitical dimensions. The growing prevalence of state …

States versus corporations: Rethinking the power of business in international politics

M Babic, J Fichtner, EM Heemskerk - The international spectator, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Over 25 years ago, Susan Strange urged IR scholars to include multinational
corporations in their analysis. Within IR and IPE discussions, this was either mostly ignored …

Theoretical and methodological pathways for research on elites

B Cousin, S Khan, A Mears - Socio-Economic Review, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In this introductory essay to our special issue on elites, we outline some of the major
challenges to research in this area and propose a series of theoretical and methodological …

China Inc. goes global. Transnational and national networks of China's globalizing business elite

N De Graaff - Review of international political economy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Within the debate of China's rise and its implications for the liberal order this research
focuses on China's global posture through its transnationalizing firms and capital. On the …

Perpetual decline or persistent dominance? Uncovering Anglo-America's true structural power in global finance

J Fichtner - Review of International Studies, 2017 - cambridge.org
The prediction of America's decline is a regularly recurring phenomenon; this also pertains
to the pivotal field of global finance. This article argues that, first we have to consider the …

The anatomy of the Cayman Islands offshore financial center: Anglo-America, Japan, and the role of hedge funds

J Fichtner - Review of International Political Economy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Cayman Islands is a key node in contemporary global finance, yet it is
severely under-researched. This paper compiles the first 'anatomy'of the Cayman offshore …

Interlock globally, act domestically: Corporate political unity in the 21st century

J Murray - American Journal of Sociology, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Long-term structural changes to the American economy, such as the decline of labor unions,
the era of deregulation, and the decline of commercial banking and concomitant rise of …

Centralization of capital and financial crisis: A global network analysis of corporate control

E Brancaccio, R Giammetti, M Lopreite… - Structural Change and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neither the existence of a global tendency toward the centralization of capital as theorized
by Marx nor the possible links between economic crisis and capital centralization have been …