CORPORATE OWNERSHIP NETWORK: THE HIERARCHICAL CAPITALISM IN THE BRAZILIAN CONTEXT

ABSTRACT Several studies have indicated a type of hierarchical capitalism in Latin America, characterized by the presence multinational and state corporations, diversified multi-enterprise groups, low-skilled labor, segmented labor markets. From perspective ownership networks, we explore who owners large Brazilian corporations are. These networks reveal actors groups with prominent positions structure companies. Thus, this article proposes to 1) describe network largest corporations; 2) analyze density, average degree, modularity, number components connected network; 3) measures weighted degree centrality, intermediation, eigenvector; 4) identify subgroups network, 5) relate configuration context. The results point financial shareholders, (state-owned firms), composed mostly multinationals, firms, families, state-owned confirming that is strongly linked these players.