UvA CORPNET

We are a team of political and computer scientists at the University of Amsterdam studying global networks of corporate control. Funded by the ERC.

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

Turkey faces threat of MSCI downgrade to ‘frontier’ market https://t.co/UPsCjmm2Rp

Good illustration of what @johannes_petry @UvACORPNET & myself have called the "growing private authority of index providers in the age of passive asset management":
👉 https://t.co/lZkXVr2cQC

[UvA Institute for Advanced Study @UvA_IAS]

New project granted (€1m) to build an open digital infrastructure for network analysis of the entire Dutch population, led by IAS affiliates Eelke Heemskerk and @franktakes. An important pillar for not only our research on dynamical social systems: https://t.co/F4SYSIyuXF

[Javier Garcia-Bernardo (@javiergbe.bsky.social) @javiergb_com]

Our (@ArjanReurink and @javiergb_com) paper "Competing for capitals: the great fragmentation of the firm and varieties of FDI attraction profiles in the European Union" was just published in @RIPEJournal https://t.co/RbjyUzK1Ld Summary below

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

cc @chellersgaard @antongrau @JacobAaLunding

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

who is driving the formation of corporate networks? @diliara_valeeva's new paper argues that both, corporations *and* business elites play a crucial role. check out the paper here: https://t.co/K9bPF2cWFe

[Good Authority @goodauth]

Index funds might sound boring. But who decides which countries and companies to include? https://t.co/9Nf5guAEId

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

A new piece in Het Financieele Dagblad @FD_Nieuws
"Indexbouwers zijn de nieuwe poortwachters van de financiële markten, maar wie controleert ze?" based on the research done at @UvACORPNET https://t.co/oZn4V0hWpN

[The International Spectator @intl_spectator]

"A fine-grained theoretical and empirical approach that includes both #states and #corporations as juxtaposed actors that interact in #transnational networks": our most-read article, by @mbabic_1 @fichtner_jan and Eelke Heemskerk @UvACORPNET #openacess https://t.co/rE2B9oNACo

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

Out now in @RIPEJournal - the first IPE analysis of the three big index providers MSCI, S&P DJI, and FTSE Russell:
"Steering capital: the growing private authority of index providers in the age of passive asset management"
https://t.co/pXoHhuFCrv
@johannes_petry @UvACORPNET
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[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

check some of our latest CORPNET-publications and let us know what you think!:

https://t.co/b87lGfOAP7

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

our latest Corpnet paper @RIPEJournal is currently trending in #PolSci @ObserveIR!

You can read it here: https://t.co/kXfn3GltV2 - as always open access 🙌

[OOIR @ObserveIR]

Also trending in #PoliSci:
https://t.co/8i0zGPHkKC

• State-Led Foreign #Investment in the 21st Century (@RIPEJournal)

• Technocracy, Trust & Democracy: A Natural #Experiment in Italy (@govandopp)

• Employer Resistance to Collective Bargaining During the #Eurozone Crisis

[OOIR @ObserveIR]

Also trending in #PoliSci:
https://t.co/8i0zGPHkKC

• State-Led Foreign #Investment in the 21st Century (@RIPEJournal)

• Technocracy, Trust & Democracy: A Natural #Experiment in Italy (@govandopp)

• Employer Resistance to Collective Bargaining During the #Eurozone Crisis

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

New @UvACORPNET paper by @mbabic_1 Eelke Heemskerk and @javiergb_com "The rise of transnational state capital: state-led foreign investment in the 21st century" that analyzes the largest dataset on transnational state capital up to date https://t.co/4tqDn2byi8

[ourEconomy @_ourEconomy]

Is state ownership always progressive? @mbabic_1 explains why not 👇

https://t.co/TjdKBI4rAt

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

in London or Lille this week? interested in taxes and state ownership? @javiergb_com presents at #TJN19 and @mbabic_1 at #AFEPIIPPE2019. Full programs: https://t.co/hGpVog5Vor
and
https://t.co/R7vvndzeWL

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

we are at this year's @SASE_Meeting conference in NYC! Drop by one of our presentations and sessions this week if you can:
https://t.co/FCSGVri1q1
https://t.co/d7Vcm4NsWT
https://t.co/PPRxy6qSlx

[UvA CORPNET @UvACORPNET]

Corpnet is at the #politicologenetmaal in Antwerp! @mbabic_1 is presenting on transnational state capital

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

@iimag Concise article about our new @UvACORPNET WP "The New Permanent Universal Owners" by Alicia McElhaney. BlackRock's response is that they carefully consider each share buyback and M&A deal. How much time do you have for each of the 400+ deals per year with 40+ staff??

[Institutional Investor @iimag]

Research: Asset Management Giants Don’t Walk the Walk On Long-Termism https://t.co/rWK6e6cpga

[IC2S2 @IC2S2]

@IC2S2 offers a limited number of travel grants. The grants aim to support attendees with limited travel resources and attendees from countries where computational social science is not yet well established. Only 5 days left before the deadline! #IC2S2 https://t.co/tYx4cB5ypC