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Mar 15, 2022

Network Analysis for Understanding the Structure of Business Relationships in the Plastic Products Manufacturing Industry in Tsubame City

The Journal of Economics Niigata University
  • Masaki Nakahigashi
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  • Yoko Yamada
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  • Wenting Zhang
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  • Gunyung Lee

Volume
Number
112
First page
71
Last page
86
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

This paper analyzes the transaction network structure among plastic product manufacturing companies in Tsubame City using a dataset that comprehensively captures the transaction relationships in procurement and sales between companies. The degree distribution of the transaction network reveals characteristics of a scale-free network, similar to other inter-company transaction networks. Furthermore, plastic product manufacturing companies in Tsubame City exhibit a diverse set of customers in comparison to suppliers. In procurement, there is a significant number of transactions with wholesale companies, while in sales, transactions with manufacturing companies are more prevalent. This suggests that plastic products in Tsubame City are likely used as input materials in other manufacturing industries.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10191/0002000335 Open access

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