A general systems approach to retail evolution: an existing institutional perspective

Evans, Kenneth R.; Barnes, John; Schlacter, John L.

doi:10.1080/09593969300000005

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“…As yet, this theoretical approach has not been applied to the topic of retailing evolution, except by Evans, Barnes, and Schlacter (1993), whose work considers only the cyclical, conflict, and environmental literatures discussed earlier, but ignores the contributions from other disciplines. Layton's (2011) work examines the characteristics of marketing in general, which allow it to be viewed as a system, and suggests, among other propositions, that ''persistent discrepancy in marketing systems is a driver of innovation' ' (p. 263).…”

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“…This three-variables explanation of retailing evolution has endured for decades (e.g., Anitsal and Anitsal (2011), Betancourt and Gautschi (1986), Davies (1998), Evans (2011). Evans, Barnes, and Schlacter (1993), Gist (1968), Levy et al (2005), Markin and Duncan (1981), Roth and Klein (1993), and…”

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“…In other words, changes in retail formats are the outcome of some combination of environmental forces, and a cyclical sequence of institutional conflicts (Anitsal and Anitsal 2011). This three-variable explanation of retailing evolution has endured for decades (e.g., Anitsal and Anitsal 2011;Betancourt and Gautschi 1986;Davies 1998;Evans 2011;Evans, Barnes, and Schlacter 1993;Gist 1968;Levy et al 2005;Markin and Duncan 1981;Roth and Klein 1993).…”

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The Evolution of Retailing

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2016

Journal of Macromarketing

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The evolution of retailing has interested academics across a range of disciplines including economics, history, geography, and marketing. Due to its interdisciplinary appeal, the corpus of knowledge on retailing is composed of many disparate variables of analysis-from transaction costs, and entrepreneurs, to environmental factors, and the dispersion of stores. In consequence, the literature that attempts to explain retailing evolution presents as a patchwork, and extant theories remain disconnected because of their narrowness of focus. This literature review applies a macro and systems theory approach to the multi-discipline literature, and links together bodies of work that, until now, have remained conceptually unconnected. This provides a meta typology of six factors that could explain change in retailing: economic efficiencies; cyclical patterns; power inequities; innovative behaviour; environmental influences; and interdependent parts of the system in co-evolution.

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The Evolution of Retailing

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2016

Journal of Macromarketing

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“…A number of Alderson's concepts have been extended or tested by marketing scholars. For example, conceptual work has been undertaken recently using Alderson's ideas of core/niche competitive advantage [31,48] and marketing cooperation [49], and Shapiro [50] has empirically examined the organized behavior system [14]. Even so, Alderson's conceptualizations, and particularly the transvection concept that is central to his general theory of marketing, seem to have had relatively little influence on the substance of marketing theory over the past thirty years.…”

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Alderson’s transvection and Porter’s value system: a comparison of two independently‐developed theories

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Rasheed

Amirani

1997

Journal of Management History

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Throughout the history of science scholars working independently have often arrived at virtually identical theories or discoveries[1]. Instances of simultaneous but independent discovery include: the Periodic Table for classifying elements by Dmitri Mendeleev in Russia and Lothar Meyer in Germany in 1869, the development of differential calculus by Newton and Leibniz, the theory of evolution by Darwin and Wallace, and the postulation of the existence of Neptune based on observations of perturbations in the orbit of Uranus by John Adams in England and Le Verrier in France in 1846[2]. In economics, both Chamberlin[3] and Robinson[4] are credited with independently developing the theory of imperfect competition. Kuhn[5]similarly describes the discovery of the principle of energy conservation by as many as twelve different scientists in the years 1830-1850, and explains this case of independent multiple discovery as resulting from the extant structure of scientific ideas as well as other aspects of cultural tradition.Another instance of independent theory formulation may have occurred much more recently. Wroe Alderson's[6] concept of the transvection and Michael Porter's[7] concept of the value system are remarkably similar. Both are at the macro (i.e., business system) level of analysis. Both the value system and the transvection are conceptualized as the activities required to move from raw materials in their natural state to finished goods in the hands of consumers. Both conceptual schemes are suggested as useful planning tools for achieving sustainable competitive advantage [6,7]. The development of each was also influenced by economic theory. Alderson[6], for example, acknowledges the influence of Chamberlin's[3] theory of imperfect competition on the The authors wish to thank Ken Bahn, Roger Dickinson, and Chuck Lamb for helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper.

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“…A number of Alderson's concepts have been extended or tested by marketing scholars. For example, conceptual work has been undertaken recently using Alderson's ideas of core/niche competitive advantage (Lockshin, 1993, Evans et al, 1993 and marketing cooperation (Larson and Lusch, 1992), and has empirically examined the organized behavior system . Even so, Alderson's conceptualizations, and particularly the transvection concept that is central to his general theory of marketing, seem to have had relatively little influence on the substance of marketing theory over the past thirty years.…”

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