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Re:Who Owns Huawei? by darawk on Saturday August 10, 2019 @03:02AM (#20660625)
Usually power is flowing the other way there though. Those people are on those boards so that they can influence government, rather than the other way around. I'm not sure if that's better or worse, though.
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Re:Who Owns Huawei? by roboys on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:50AM (#20661333)
The gov influences companies through economic and legal incentives (subsidies, large gov contracts, etc..). This is especially true in important industries (energy, health care, tech).

Does having a large % of ex-gov/mil/intel board members increase the likelihood of a company landing these contracts? I wouldn't be surprised, if true (for many reasons).

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Re:Who Owns Huawei? by iforgotpassword on Saturday August 10, 2019 @07:12AM (#20661421)
It goes both ways. A favor, now you owe me.
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