R: Interlocking Directorates Among Major Canadian Firms

Ornstein {car} | R Documentation

## Interlocking Directorates Among Major Canadian Firms

### Description

The `Ornstein` data frame has 248 rows and 4 columns. The observations are the 248 largest Canadian firms with publicly available information in the mid-1970s. The names of the firms were not available.

### Usage

    Ornstein

### Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

assets

  Assets in millions of dollars.

sector

  Industrial sector. A factor with levels: `AGR`, agriculture, food, light industry; `BNK`, banking; `CON`, construction; `FIN`, other financial; `HLD`, holding companies; `MAN`, heavy manufacturing; `MER`, merchandizing; `MIN`, mining, metals, etc.; `TRN`, transport; `WOD`, wood and paper.

nation

  Nation of control. A factor with levels: `CAN`, Canada; `OTH`, other foreign; `UK`, Britain; `US`, United States.

interlocks

  Number of interlocking director and executive positions shared with other major firms.

### Source

Ornstein, M. (1976) The boards and executives of the largest Canadian corporations. Canadian Journal of Sociology 1, 411–437.

Personal communication from M. Ornstein, Department of Sociology, York University.

### References

Fox, J. (2008) Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition. Sage.

Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2011) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition, Sage.

[Package car version 2.1-4 Index]