Because they maintain positions in multiple boards they are central in the interlocking directorate network and have broad "spheres of influence" (Levine 1972; Windolf 2002) that include not only business companies but often extend into the non-business environment.
The precipitated brushite crystals interlocked with one another and bridged the α-TCP spheres, resulting in a 10 min setting reaction at 37 °C that produced fully interconnected macroporous calcium phosphate.
We may speculate that experiencing high levels of uncertainty, firms might aim to search for new knowledge or broaden their spheres of influence to achieve competitive advantages by establishing undirected interlocks.
He analyzes the emergence of an egalitarian Hindu ethic through an engagement with the interlocking hierarchies of caste, untouchability and gender that structured the modern Marathi public sphere.
As Dr Smalley puzzled over the tiny spheres, building paper models of them in his kitchen, he realised that their structure was a system of interlocking hexagons and pentagons: the same design as a football, or as the geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller in 1967.
"We have interlocking interests.
She made three interlocking points.
He has three interlocking aims.
Mercantilism contained many interlocking principles.
