Research Article

The Character and Economic Preference of City Network of China: A Study Based on the Chinese Global Fortune 500 Enterprises

Table 2

Weight matrix.

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01110000000
11110000000
11111111001
11110/10/10/10010/1
0010/100/10/10/1000
0010/10/10/10/10/1001
0010/10/10/10/10/1000
00100/10/10/10/10/0/100
00000000/0/1000
00010000000/1
0010/1010000/10/1

1 indicates that there is connection between two companies. 0 indicates that there is no connections between two companies. 0/1 indicates that there is connection between two companies if they belong to the same business segments. 0/0/1 indicates that there is connection between two companies if they belong not only to the same business segments but also to the same market area.