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OpenCorporates is hiring… and it’s urgent!
Update: the roles mentioned here are no longer available, but we are looking for a communications manager. At OpenCorporates, we believe our work is of global importance. We are a small company that...
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Help uncover corporate networks!
As we’ve written about elsewhere, when people think of a company like Starbucks, they think of it as a single entity. Yet Starbucks is at least 30 legal entities in over 20 countries. It’s this group...
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Great communicator? Want a job?
We’re hiring again! By December we would like to fill the following role: Community and Communications Manager (Open Data) Would you like to work in a small and fast-growing startup environment that...
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Understanding corporate networks. Part 1: Control via equity
What is a corporate network? Is it the same as a corporate hierarchy, company tree, or a conglomerate? What do we really mean when we talk about ‘Barclays‘, ‘IBM‘ or ‘BP‘? As we’ve explained...
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Understanding corporate networks. Part 2: Control without voting
In Part 1 of this series, I examined how companies can be controlled using the voting rights attached to shares. For example, this corporate network graph of Pearson New Zealand Limited is underpinned...
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Understanding corporate networks. Part 3: where’s the data?
What is a subsidiary? What do we mean by control? In Part 2 of this series on understanding corporate networks, I explored these questions and how they are answered by regulatory regimes around the...
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Understanding corporate networks. Part 4: how we record the data
In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, we explored the complex world of corporate control, and how it is described in various regulations. We found that a company may control other companies in many...
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Ruby and Python coders – can you help us?
Who controls the biggest corporations in the world? What licences do they hold? What patents have they been granted? What government contracts have they won? If we can’t answer important questions like...
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OpenCorporates is looking for a CTO
Are you a CTO, or do you think you could be one? Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to work in a entreprenurial, fast-growing startup environment which benefits from a proven business...
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Techies: we’re hiring again!
CTOs, Developers and Sysadmins! Do you love Rails, Open Data, Big Data, Corporate Data, or all four? We’re looking for technologists who want to be part of a small, growing team. OpenCorporates is...
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