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Interlocking Directorates Among Major Canadian Firms
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Description
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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
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::

    Ornstein

Format
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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
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Ornstein, M. (1976) The boards and executives of the largest Canadian
corporations. *Canadian Journal of Sociology* **1**, 411â€“437.

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

References
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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.
