Only listed firms are selected in descending order of the number of supplier links in G8.
Condition 1: Firms are selected in descending order of the number of supplier links in G8.
Firms are selected in descending order of the number of supplier links in G8.
Condition 2: Only listed firms are selected in descending order of the number of supplier links in G8.
On the other hand, according to the Capital IQ dataset, the average number of customer and supplier links for a firm is 3.2 and 2.7, respectively.
Firms are selected in descending order of the number of supplier links in the 'metals and mining' upper-sector and 'trading companies and distributors' sectors in G8.
Condition 3: Firms are selected in descending order of the number of supplier links in the 'metals and mining' upper-sector and 'trading companies and distributors' sectors in G8.
However, if we restrict our attention to listed firms in Japan, the average number of customer and supplier links for a firm are 7.6 and 7.8 in the Tokyo Shoko Research dataset, while they are 3.7 and 3.8 in the Capital IQ dataset, indicating that the coverage is higher at about 50percentt.
