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The interlocking directorate is anathema to trustbusters and corporate watchdogs. It occurs when a board member or top executive of one company sits on the board of another company, accumulating undue ...

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Interlocking directorates — the practice of the same director sitting on the boards of competing companies — have long been identified with backroom deals and corporate collusion. In 1914, when ...

This chapter highlights the potential anti-competitive risks raised by interlocking directorates between competitors. The anti-competitive effects stem both from the increased ability to collude ...

Citations: Zajac, Edward J.. 1988. Interlocking Directorates as an Interorganizational Strategy: A Test of Critical Assumptions. Academy of Management Journal. (2)428-438.