Book contents
- Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices
- Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Setting the Scene
- Part II The Emergence of Group Complexity
- Part III Decomposing Corporate Groups
- Part IV Deficiencies of Formal Approaches to Group Transparency in EU Law
- Part V Systems Approach as a More Comprehensive Concept toward Group Transparency
- 11 A Primer to Systems Thinking
- 12 Systems Thinking as a Foundation for Group Transparency
- 13 A Critical Review of a Systems Approach
- 14 Intermediate Result
- Part VI Results
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Systems Thinking as a Foundation for Group Transparency
from Part V - Systems Approach as a More Comprehensive Concept toward Group Transparency
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2022
- Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices
- Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Setting the Scene
- Part II The Emergence of Group Complexity
- Part III Decomposing Corporate Groups
- Part IV Deficiencies of Formal Approaches to Group Transparency in EU Law
- Part V Systems Approach as a More Comprehensive Concept toward Group Transparency
- 11 A Primer to Systems Thinking
- 12 Systems Thinking as a Foundation for Group Transparency
- 13 A Critical Review of a Systems Approach
- 14 Intermediate Result
- Part VI Results
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I explain how Systems Thinking can be applied to increase our perception of modern corporate groups and control mechanisms. The outcome is the notion of groups being more than the sum of the participating legal entities due to internal coordination and strategy, where all relative modes of control are taken into consideration. Group systems are analyzed through their nodes and the quality of their links, where the full representation stems from the process of emergence. I showcase the application of Systems Thinking by taking a closer look at the personal control structure of Alibaba.
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- Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices , pp. 268 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022