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Assessment of network structure characteristics and factors of corporate flows in Guangdong Province

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  • Xuejiao Chen
  • Yong He
  • Teng Long
  • Junxiu Wang
  • Xueye Chen

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With the rapid development of the world city network, the traditional location theory has gradually been disproven, and the advantages of the flow space over the traditional vertical organizational structure are gradually being revealed. Therefore, from corporate branch networks and corporate investment networks, 21 cities in urban agglomerations of Guangdong are taken as case studies for this paper. Furthermore, in this paper, 5 representative types of corporate contact data (catering service, financial service, life service, sports and leisure and accommodation service) are selected, the social network analysis (SNA) method is used to quantitatively analyze the network structure characteristics of urban agglomerations, and a spatial interaction model is constructed to explore the factors influencing. The results indicate that secondary networks have developed in Guangdong. The financial service network is the most complex, followed by the life services, sports and leisure and catering networks. The accommodation service network structure is the simplest. Among all kinds of networks, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have the highest status. The catering and accommodation corporations in Yangjiang in the west have a relatively major external development. Shantou in the east has many branches of various types, while most of the capital exchange in the region is concentrated in Heyuan and Qingyuan in the north. The coefficients of geographical proximity and the urban development level play a significant role in promoting the development of networks. However, administrative capacity limits the attractiveness of origin cities to a certain extent.

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  • Xuejiao Chen & Yong He & Teng Long & Junxiu Wang & Xueye Chen, 2024. "Assessment of network structure characteristics and factors of corporate flows in Guangdong Province," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-20, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0293870
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293870
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