The network of global corporate control

Check this out:

I ran across this though a colleague.. What we have here is a breakdown of the top controlling corporations with interlocking connections which then have controlling interest in the other lower 700+ global mega corporations which in turn have controlling interest in various other corps exponentially increasing the control structure. I have not read through the whole thing yet but have skimmed many of the pages. There are some statistical symbols  which I have a bit of a hard time with however it is worth checking out. The names of the top ranked controlling entities are all listed. This is in my opinion important information.

Sources:

In the first such analysis ever conducted, Swiss economic researchers have conducted a global network analysis of the most powerful transnational corporations (TNCs). Their results have revealed a core of 787 firms with control of 80% of this network, and a “super entity” comprised of 147 corporations that have a controlling interest in 40% of the network’s TNCs……

---Planetsave

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The actual research document is here:

(Submitted on 28 Jul 2011 (v1), last revised 19 Sep 2011 (this version, v2))

http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5728

Save the info .. it may come in handy later.