Stalking the wily multinational: Power and control in the US food system

Thomas Lyson and Annalisa Raymer

Agriculture and Human Values, 2000, vol. 17, issue 2, 199-208

Abstract: The ten largest food and beveragecorporations control over half of the food sales inthe United States and their share may be increasing.Using data from a range of secondary sources, weexamine these corporations and their boards ofdirectors. Social and demographic characteristics ofboard members gleaned from corporate reports, thebusiness press, and elsewhere are presented.Information on interlocking corporate directorates andother common ties among members of the boards ofdirectors show that US based food and beveragecorporations are tied together through a web ofindirect interlocks. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

Keywords: Global food system; Interlocking directorates; Multinational food corporations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1007613219447

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