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 trying to change the world with our data, and we’re starting to make a real difference. We're not recruiting for a specific … Continue reading Techies: we’re hiring again!
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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 model, solid revenues and no debt? This is an exciting opportunity be a leader within an open data company … Continue reading OpenCorporates is looking for a CTO
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 these, we can't start to understand the world we live in. We need YOUR help to inform the direction of a platform we're … Continue reading Ruby and Python coders – can you help us?
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 different ways, from majority and minority share holdings to contractual relationships. At OpenCorporates we believe corporate control data is the cornerstone of a … Continue reading Understanding corporate networks. Part 4: how we record the data
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 world. It's one thing to define "control" in the regulations and accounting standards; however, without disclosure, we can't begin to map corporate … Continue reading Understanding corporate networks. Part 3: where’s the data?
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 by a series of several underlying statements, most of which are about shares. You'll see that in addition to shareholdings, we list another type of … Continue reading Understanding corporate networks. Part 2: Control without voting
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 previously, a modern corporation (even a small one) is actually a complex network of related legal entities connected together in a … Continue reading Understanding corporate networks. Part 1: Control via equity
Great communicator? Want a job?
Community and Communications Manager (Open Data)UPDATE: This job is now closed. Meet Hera!Would you like to work in a small and fast-growing startup environment that thrives on busting siloed data for public benefit? Do you enjoy communicating through all the channels the internet has to offer? Do you enjoy helping users as well as pitching … Continue reading Great communicator? Want a job?
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 of legal entities that we call a corporate network of control, or just corporate network for short. At OpenCorporates, we think mapping … Continue reading Help uncover corporate networks!
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 has achieved a huge amount – we have data on over 55 million companies worldwide, and counting, and are working with organisations … Continue reading OpenCorporates is hiring… and it’s urgent!
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