Incidence and performance effects of interlocking directorates in emerging market business groups: Evidence from India

Bikram De ()
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Bikram De: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

Abstract: The phenomenon of interlocking directorates is widespread among corporate across the world. This paper studies the structure and extent of interlocking directorates within Indian business groups and analyses the performance effects of such interlocks. It finds that large groups tend to have more interlocks and more heterogeneous the group is, lesser are the interlocks. Finance and trading companies are seen to have a higher intensity of interlocks and holding companies occupy important nodes in the directorial network. The paper also shows that directorial interlocks improve the performance of group-affiliated firms.

Keywords: Interlocking directorates; board structure; corporate governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 G34 G39 M2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2003-04
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