Erica Salvaj, Ph.D.
Professor of Management and Strategy
Interlocking, Network Analysis, and Directorates
I study corporate networks and how relationships in them have a key impact at the board level on the strategies and performance of large companies in emerging markets. I employ social network analysis methodologies and software to draw and examine the complexity of these networks, showing how intricate and diverse directorates and corporate networks are today and in the past.
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"Women in corporate networks: An introduction", co-authored with Stéphanie Ginalski, Susie Pak & Lucy Taksa.
The article is an introduction to a Special Issue of Business History that focuses on the role of women in corporate networks. We argue that business historians should engage more with feminist approaches, which they define as the study of the gendered nature of power relations in business networks. Methodologically, the article suggests that network analysis can be a useful tool for mapping the gendered structure of the corporate elite.
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Access the article -> https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2023.2228700
Check out my latest publication on corporate networks ->
"Databases, network analysis and business history," co-authored with Alberto Rinaldi, Susie J. Pak and Daniel S. Halgin, discusses how Social Network Analysis (SNA) can help us understand relations and connections within corporate networks and how these change over time.
