An Urban Network Study of Government Procurement Activities: A Case Study of Northeast China

Table 9

Comparison with other urban network studies.

Other study cases	Type of urban network	Similarities	Differences
[48]	Intrafirm	Factors of economy and population are positively associated with the city’s status in the network	Connection data
[22]	Interfirm	Provincial capitals play important roles
[49]	Population	Administrative borders strongly affect intercity connections
[44]	Information/intra-firm	Regional economy and policy guidance affect the regional network structure characteristics; main central cities such as subprovincial cities are same	Connection data; some poor cities are with high degree centrality in GPA network
[40]	Technology	Factors of geographical proximity are negatively associated with the connections between cities; main central cities such as subprovincial cities are same
[43]	Transportation	Main central cities such as subprovincial cities are same