This article applies network economics to a particular aspect of the statute of the Societas Europaea (SE). The statute allows companies that decide to use the SE form to choose between a two-tier organisational structure (supervisory organ and management organ) and a one-tier organisational...

The Societas Europaea (SE) harmonized a minimum of company law and assigned employee representation to a supplementary negotiation process. Commentators predicted that it would introduce cross-border regulatory competition to the EU. Others suggested that companies would choose the SE over other...