Open AccessDelineation of UK Retail Sector: An Actor-Network Perspective
Author(s) -
Samar El Sayad
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
academic journal of interdisciplinary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2281-3993
pISSN - 2281-4612
DOI - 10.36941/ajis-2022-0037
Subject(s) - negotiation , globalization , perspective (graphical) , position (finance) , market power , business , power (physics) , actor–network theory , supply chain , set (abstract data type) , marketing , retail market , industrial organization , commerce , market economy , economics , law , political science , sociology , computer science , social science , finance , artificial intelligence , programming language , physics , quantum mechanics , monopoly
This paper provides a contextual discussion about the UK retail market by screening the relevant literature bodies. The UK retail market is analyzed in terms of its dynamic; the influence market concentration, globalization, and supply chains, and the emerging shifts in the power position. Drawing on ANT, the paper shows how this market comprises a set of networks of various human and non-human actors who interact and negotiate among themselves. It also shows how the power of the UK’s big retailers can be regarded as a consequence of these networks and the interrelationship between them.
Received: 14 October 2021 / Accepted: 11 January 2022 / Published: 5 March 2022