The international workshop on “Corporate networks in Europe during the 20^th century” will explore a particular aspect of capitalism: the networks between companies and their leaders. Contributing to the debate on Varieties of Capitalism, the presenters will compare corporate networks in both large and small European countries during the 20^th century. The group of presenters is diverse consisting of economists, sociologists, political scientists, economic historians and business historians and representing different European countries. 

A corporate network can be seen as one of several economic institutions that allow economic actors to coordinate their interactions. Consequently, one might expect that there would be cross national differences in the structure of the networks based on the degree of coordination in a particular market economy (coordinated market economy vs. liberal market economy). Hence, the structure of the corporate network in a particular country is a useful indicator of its economic organization, of the links between financial and industrial companies and of its corporate governance system. Moreover, changes in the network structure reveal adjustments in the economic organization.  

Please find attached the (preliminary) programme of the workshop. If you wish to attend the workshop please send me an email to let me know which days you want to join us,  g.k.westerhuis@uu.nl.