network of German corporate boards as well as closely connected among themselves. While their analysis has been based on data … turnover within the group of persons constituting the network core. -- Board and director interlocks ; network core ; network …

highly central in the entire network while being densely connected among themselves. To identify the core, we compare the … the existence of a core in Germany's board and director network. Conditional on being a board member, it is very … monitoring ability. -- Board and director interlocks ; network core ; network formation ; market capitalization …

This paper provides evidence of the effect of immigration-based networks on German trade. Germany presents a particular … interesting case study to examine the effect of ethnic networks on exports due to its high export dependence and its reserved … migration policy. According to our results, we find no trade creating effect from migrant networks on exports but on imports …

internal promotions and job-to-job mobility. Both, formal applications and referral hiring via endogenous social networks, can … link formation is gender-biased (homophily) there are too few female contacts in the social networks of their male … level management positions of firms. Our results suggest that endogenously forming homophilous social networks when female …

is known as the glass-ceiling effect. In this study we investigate the relationship between social networks and the glass … levels and social networks are generated endogenously. Male and female workers move up in the hierarchical ladder via job … jobs or by referrals, which implies that senior workers recommend their social contacts for the job. Social networks …