Lena Ajdacic
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View article: Capillary Power in Swiss Finance: The Role of Core and Peripheral Organisations in Interest Defence
Capillary Power in Swiss Finance: The Role of Core and Peripheral Organisations in Interest Defence Open
Over the past decades the Swiss finance industry has faced increasing regulatory scrutiny, leading to disruptions in the sector and new political alliances. In this context, we examine how top financial managers defend their interests. Bui…
View article: Bureaucracy and patrimonialism on Wall Street: How organizational forms contribute to elite reproduction
Bureaucracy and patrimonialism on Wall Street: How organizational forms contribute to elite reproduction Open
Echoing the recent revival of elite studies, we ask how financialization shapes the composition of contemporary elites and how organizational mechanisms transform its characteristics in terms of class, gender and race. We ask whether the b…
View article: Elite recruitment in US finance: How university prestige is used to secure top executive positions
Elite recruitment in US finance: How university prestige is used to secure top executive positions Open
Status attainment theories assert that individuals are recruited based on the length and functional background of their training. Elite theories assume that top managers often deviate from these socially acceptable mechanisms of status att…
View article: Backtracing persistent biomarker shifts to the age of onset: A novel procedure applied to men’s and women’s white blood cell counts in post-traumatic stress disorder
Backtracing persistent biomarker shifts to the age of onset: A novel procedure applied to men’s and women’s white blood cell counts in post-traumatic stress disorder Open
Background: Traumatic experiences tend to be preserved in altered biomarker profiles. These profiles can be traced back from cross-sectional data regarding the age of exposure. Consequently, the change across developmental stages, e.g. fro…
View article: The Wealth Defence Industry: A Large-scale Study on Accountancy Firms as Profit Shifting Facilitators
The Wealth Defence Industry: A Large-scale Study on Accountancy Firms as Profit Shifting Facilitators Open
Corporations increasingly engage in innovative 'tax planning strategies' by shifting profits between jurisdictions. In response, states try to curtail such profit shifting activities while at the same time attempting to retain and attract …
View article: The Wealth Defence Industry: A large-scale study on accountancy firms as profit shifting facilitators
The Wealth Defence Industry: A large-scale study on accountancy firms as profit shifting facilitators Open
Corporations increasingly engage in innovative ‘tax planning strategies’ by shifting profits between jurisdictions. In response, states try to curtail such profit shifting activities while at the same time attempting to retain and attract …