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Table 9 Characteristics of the six largest communities at the first level for the supply chain layer

From: Multilayer network analysis of the drugs development cycle in the global pharmaceutical industry

\(G_2\): supply chain

Index

Size

Country

Primary industry

Bow tie

3:

43,636

US (32.3)

Application software (7.6)

OUT (53.5)

CHN (9.1)

Technology distributors (7.3)

IN (17.3)

JPN (7.5)

Semiconductors (5.2)

GSCC (15.1)

TWN (6.3)

 

TE (14.1)

1:

30,972

US (43.2)

Application software (8.8)

OUT (44.5)

CHN (9.4)

Movies and entertainment (7.5)

IN (22.9)

GBR (7.1)

 

GSCC (20.2)

  

TE (12.5)

4:

30,430

US (52.0)

Pharmaceuticals (15.7)

OUT (35.6)

CHN (6.0)

Biotechnology (11.1)

IN (28.0)

GBR (5.2)

Health care equipment (8.2)

GSCC (19.7)

 

Health care facilities (7.0)

TE (16.7)

 

Health care distributors (5.2)

 

5:

28,298

IND (70.4)

Construction and engineering (5.3)

OUT (48.6)

US (6.1)

 

GSCC (23.8)

  

IN (18.5)

  

TE (9.0)

2:

25,365

US (47.6)

Apparel, accessories and luxury goods (8.5)

OUT (41.5)

GBR (5.8)

Packaged foods and meats (7.1)

IN (23.7)

CHN (5.4)

 

GSCC (17.7)

  

TE (17.1)

6:

17,857

US (36.2)

Oil and gas exploration and production (15.1)

OUT (36.8)

CHN (8.3)

Oil and gas storage and transportation (7.8)

IN (27.7)

GBR (5.6)

Oil and gas equipment and services (6.7)

GSCC (23.2)

  

TE (12.4)

  1. The figures in parentheses indicate the fraction of attribution, and we have only listed the attributions having a share of above 5%