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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES

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Interlocking directorates is a noun.
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WHAT DOES INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Interlocking directorate

Interlocking directorate refers to the practice of members of a corporate board of directors serving on the boards of multiple corporations. A person that sits on multiple boards is known as a multiple director. Two firms have a direct interlock if a director or executive of one firm is also a director of the other, and an indirect interlock if a director of each sits on the board of a third firm. This practice, although widespread and lawful, raises questions about the quality and independence of board decisions.

Definition of interlocking directorates in the English dictionary

The definition of interlocking directorates in the dictionary is boards of directors of different companies having sufficient members in common to ensure that the companies involved are under the same control.

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Synonyms and antonyms of interlocking directorates in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «interlocking directorates» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES

Find out the translation of interlocking directorates to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of interlocking directorates from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «interlocking directorates» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

连锁董事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

direcciones de enclavamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

interlocking directorates
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निदेशालय इंटरलॉकिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتشابكة المديريات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взаимосвязанное управление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bloqueio direcções
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্টারলকিং পরিচালক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de directions de liaison
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengarah yang saling berkait
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verflechtungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

総局連動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

각 분과 연동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Interlocking directorates
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Ban Giám đốc lồng vào nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிணைப்பு இயக்குநர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंटरलॉकिंग डायरेक्टरेट्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birbirine bağlı müdürlükler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incastro direzioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blokady dyrekcje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взаємозалежне управління
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

centralizare direcții
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σύμπλεξη διευθύνσεις
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

ineen direktorate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förregling direktor
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

interlocking direktorater
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of interlocking directorates

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES»

The term «interlocking directorates» is normally little used and occupies the 144.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about interlocking directorates

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES»

Discover the use of interlocking directorates in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to interlocking directorates and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Interlocking Directorates Under Section 8 of the Clayton Act
This work provides a description of the historical background of the act, a summary of judicial interpretations of the statute, and analysis of the proposals to expand and strengthen the act.
‎1984
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The corporate network of interlocking directorates, ...
Third, it highlights the complex "agency problem" that has emerged during the process of China's economic development---"managerial class exploitation.
Bing Ren, 2005
3
Essays on Consumer Search and Interlocking Directorates
What do interlocks do? an analysis, critique, and assessment of research on interlocking directorates. Annual Review of Sociology, 22:271–298, 1996. Mark S . Mizruchi and Linda B. Stearns. A longitudinal study of borrowing by large american ...
Maria Cornelia Non, Silva Deželan, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Applied to a pair or small group of organizations, interlocking directorates are instances of persons serving on the board of directors of multiple organizations, constituting an overlap in membership among the boards of those organizations.
Vincent N. Parrillo, 2008
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Boards, Governance and Value Creation: The Human Side of ...
interlocking directorates. There is self-selection of board members. An inner circle – a managerial elite or class elite – controls the selection of board members. The individuals who form the interlocks are the inner circle, which constitutes a ...
Morten Huse, 2007
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Antitrust Law Developments (sixth)
10, INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES UNDER SECTION 8 OF THE CLAYTON ACT (1984). 597. 15 U.S.C. § 19. 598. Id. 599. Pub. L. No. 95-630, tit. II, §§ 202- 209, 92 Stat. 3672-75 (1978) (codified as amended at 12 U.S.C. §§ 3201-3208).
‎2007
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Structures of Capital: The Social Organization of the Economy
... Davita Glasberg, "Corporate Power and Control: The Case of Lea sco Corporation versus Chemical Bank," Socio/ Problems 29 (1981): 104-16; Robert Gogel and Thomas Koenig, "Commercial Banks, Interlocking Directorates and Economic ...
Sharon Zukin, Paul DiMaggio, 1990
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Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime
President Woodrow Wilson campaigned against these “trusts” during 1912 and asked Congress to ban interlocks. The Clayton Act in 1914 prohibited interlocking directorates under all circumstances, regardless of their effect on competition ...
Lawrence M. Salinger, 2005
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Sociology: Your Compass for a New World
G Interlocking directorates are formed when an individual sits on the board of directors of two or more noncompet- ing companies. The Growth of Conglomerates It is also important to note that an important effect of U.S. antitrust law is to ...
Robert Brym, John Lie, 2006
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Money Trust Investigations
chart showing upsets of certain life insurance companies and explanations thereof [Scudder, L.] 974-978, 1212 interlocking directorates in [Scudder, P.] 981- 1003 sale of bonds to. by Kuhn, Loeb & Co.fKuhn, Loeb & Co.] 1697 (Exhibit No.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term interlocking directorates is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bradley Foundation's Michael Grebe to Head Scott Walker …
Given our coverage of the interlocking directorates of the Bradley Foundation and the several Walker campaigns of the past, one wag asked in ... «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jul 15»
2
THE WORM'S EYEVIEW: Party politics, elections under MILF
The interlocking directorates of the Party and the MILF's “Islamic Armed Forces” suggest that, except for the titles—presumably, one to be used ... «Minda News, May 15»
3
Merchants of Hate
The interlocking directorates and complex financial arrangements behind this network of fearmongers would make quite an organizational ... «Antiwar.com, May 15»
4
Arnaud de Borchgrave's 'The Spike' exposed leftist influence in year …
... in interviews that the organizations that have been founded or funded by the IPS or that have interlocking directorates are associated directly. «World Tribune, Feb 15»
5
VP Binay elated Senate probe to end soon
... in Makati City during the Binays' tenure shows the interlocking directorates of people allegedly close to Vice President Jejomar Binay. «Inquirer.net, Feb 15»
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Time for an Antitrust checkup: FTC announces 2015 thresholds …
Section 8 of the Clayton Act prohibits certain interlocking directorates between competing companies to guard against the facilitation of ... «The National Law Review, Feb 15»
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FTC Increases HSR Notification Thresholds For 2015
The FTC also revised the dollar thresholds for evaluating interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Under certain ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Feb 15»
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Increases Merger Notification And …
The Commission also revised the jurisdictional thresholds that trigger the prohibition on interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jan 15»
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FTC Announces Revised Thresholds For Interlocking Directorates
The Federal Trade Commission has announced revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required under Section 8 of the Clayton Act (15 ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jan 15»
10
“Dis-Accumulation” on a World Scale: Pillage, Plunder and Wealth
The peaceful transition reflected the interlocking directorates between banks and industry, aided and abetted by public officials rotating ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Interlocking directorates [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/interlocking-directorates>. May 2024 ».
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