![]() Market power, like the concept of power in general, is a contested subject. Understanding who gets what and why, and at what cost, as mediated by market systems requires an understanding of market power. In market economies, the market system is the institutional context wherein most economic activities, notably the allocation of resources and profit accumulation, are coordinated. While analyses that focus on how corporations influence policies and regulations are undoubtedly important, we argue that insufficient attention has been devoted to understanding and examining the market power of corporations as a determinant of health, and indeed as a key explanation and source of corporate political power. To date, however, the public health literature has mainly explored corporate power in terms of its impact on population health via its political, regulatory and governance influence. ![]() Corporate power is present in socio-political aspects such as policy-making processes in the supply chains and retail environments that structure product affordability, accessibility and availability and in the consumption habits of individuals around the world. Indeed, it is extensive power that confers corporations with the ability to shape many different aspects of society. Recently, public health scholars in the emerging field of the corporate and commercial determinants of health (CDoH) have called for increased scrutiny of the power of corporations active in health-harming industries and its influence on population health. The public health community has for decades identified the risks associated with the strategies and practices used by corporations that profit from health-harming commodities. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver ( ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. ![]() The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. ![]() Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. ![]()
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