A comparative study of interlocking directorates at the end of the import-substituting industrialization period in Argentina and Chile

• Salvaj, Erica ^[1] ; Lluch, Andrea ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad del Desarrollo

     Universidad del Desarrollo

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] CONICET
• Localización: Redes: Revista hispana para el análisis de redes sociales, ISSN-e 1579-0185, Nº. 23, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: El análisis de redes inter-organizacionales)
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5565/rev/redes.440
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• Resumen
  • español

    La investigación sobre redes de directorios se ha llevado a cabo principalmente en los Estados Unidos y los países europeos. Escasos son los trabajos de investigación, ya sea de la naturaleza teórica o empírica, que han estudiado las características y los factores que afectan a esta importante red inter empresarial en economías periféricas y turbulentas. En este estudio comparativo e histórico, nos centramos en el efecto de la turbulencia política y económica y la composición de la propiedad de las empresas más importantes en la configuración de la estructura de las redes de directorios en Argentina y Chile a finales de los años sesenta. Las principales conclusiones de este análisis son las siguientes: 1) las redes de directorio son mas fragmentadas en Argentina que en Chile, 2) la mayoría de los actores mas relevantes en la red argentina son empresas de sectores considerados estratégicos por el gobierno, 3) las filiales de multinacionales ocupan una posición central en Argentina, y 4) los bancos y las empresas de propiedad de grupos de negocios locales jugaron un papel central en la red de directorios chilena. Este estudio muestra cómo los factores institucionales y económicos afectan la estructura de relaciones entre empresas.

  • English

    Research on interlocking directorates has been conducted primarily in the United States and European countries. Little work of either theoretical or empirical nature has been done to study the characteristics and the factors that affect this  important business network in peripheral and turbulent economies. In this comparative and historical study, we focus on the effect of the political and economic turbulence and the ownership composition of the largest firms on shaping the structure of interlocking directorates in Argentina and Chile by the end of the sixties. Four main findings result from this analysis: 1) the interlocking directorate in Argentina is more fragmented than in Chile; 2) most relevant actors in the directorship interlock in Argentina are firms in industries considered strategic by the government; 3) multinational subsidiaries occupy a central position in Argentina; 4) banks and firms owned by local business groups played a central role in the interlocking directorates in Chile. This study shows how the institutional and economic factors shape the structure of relations between companies.

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