Question

1. Question 1

   What is it that scholars are interested in 'counting' when it comes to measuring transnational elite ties

2. Friendships between corporate board members, across national borders.
3. Employment ties between corporate board members, within national borders.
4. Friendships between corporate board members, within national borders.
5. Employment ties between corporate board members, across national borders.

6. Question 2

   The Heemskerk and Takes reading employes network analysis methods on a collection of large firms all over the world. How many firms do they conduct their analysis on?

7. One million of the largest firms in the world
8. Two hundred thousand of the largest in the world
9. The largest 500 firms in the world
10. Four million of the largest firms in the world

11. Question 3

    In the Caroll and Sapinsky readiing, there are different 'policy boards' used in the analysis. They divide these into Global Policy Groups and Transnational Business Councils.

    What are the Global Policy Groups they analyzed? Select all those that apply

12. International Chamber of Commerce
13. International Monetary Fund
14. Bilderberg Confeence
15. World Trade Organization
16. World Social Forum

17. Question 4

    In the Caroll and Carsens readiing, there are different 'policy boards' used in the analysis. They divide these into Global Policy Groups and Transnational Business Councils.

    What are the Transnational Business Councils they analyzed? Select all those that apply

18. Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue
19. International Chamber of Commerce
20. North American Competitiveness Council
21. World Economic Forum
22. China Business Forum
23. EU-Japan Business Roundtable

24. Question 5

    Which region of the world, according to the Heemskerk and Takes reading, features the strongest transnational elite ties?

25. South America
26. The 'North Atlantic'
27. East Asia
28. North America

29. Question 6

    Which area of the world did Heemskerk and Takes find to be largely outside the scope of the networks of the incumbent global corporate elite network?

30. The North Atlantic cluster
31. The East Asian Cluster
32. The Canadian cluster
33. The Middle Eastern Cluster
34. Council on Foreign Relations
35. World Business Council for Sustainable Development
36. UN Global Compact
37. World Economic Forum

Answer 1

1. The correct option is D. To measure the transnational elite ties, they count Employment ties between corporate board members across national borders.

2. The correct option is A-One million of the largest firms in the world.

3. ICC, Bilderberg

As discussed in their paper- 'The Global Corporate Elite and the Transnational Policy-Planning Network, 1996-2006: A Structural Analysis', they analyse the above 2 groups.

4. Transatlantic Business Dialogue, North American Competitiveness Council. As mentioned in the same paper as part 3.

5. North Atlantic, according to their paper 'The corporate elite community structure of global capitalism'.

6. The East Asian Cluster, according to their paper 'The corporate elite community structure of global capitalism'.