Multilevel Analysis of Corporations Networks: A Comparison Between Agro-Food and Automobile Strategies for Urban Development - Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Networks - page 158

Fig. 10.3 Rank-size betweeness centrality distribution analysis (Source: ORBIS, 2006 - Gautier
B., Bohan C. @ IAMM, Cefres, 2007)
These graphics show that the headquarters of the agro-food industry firms are
much more centralized than the headquarters of the motor industry firms. Several
models of governance are shown through the various graphics. While the agro-
food industry presents similar modes of governance with a strong centralization,
the strategies vary much more in the motor industry.
The three graphs of agro-food governance generally show similar characteristics,
with a strong centralization of headquarters. At the heart of each network, we
observe an important group of subsidiaries without any other relationships that