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Table 6 Top 5 fractions of firm attributes with p -value < 0.01 in major sub-communities in largest community in customer-supplier network. Bold font expresses remarkable attributes with \(\pmb{R\ge3}\)

From: Structure of global buyer-supplier networks and its implications for conflict minerals regulations

Rank

Country (fraction (>0.01), R )

Industry sector (fraction (>0.01), R )

1

United Kingdom (0.078, 1.38)

Movies and entertainment (0.135, 4.73)

Israel (0.017, 1.66)

Broadcasting (0.128, 6.83)

 

Internet software and services (0.093, 2.33)

 

Application software (0.074, 1.59)

 

Wireless telecommunication services (0.072, 8.88)

2

United States (0.663, 1.36)

Apparel, accessories, luxury goods (0.0138, 6.55)

United Kingdom (0.097, 1.70)

Packaged foods and meats (0.077, 3.67)

 

Apparel retail (0.053, 8.28)

 

Leisure products (0.039, 3.93)

 

Restaurants (0.038, 4.53)

3

United States (0.551, 1.13)

Semiconductors (0.229, 11.44)

Taiwan (0.084, 8.49)

Technology, hardware, storage, peripheral (0.108, 7.94)

Japan (0.077, 2.71)

Application software (0.084, 1.80)

South Korea (0.023, 1.99)

Communications equipment (0.066, 3.36)

Israel (0.017, 1.70)

Systems software (0.066, 4.78)