Assessment of business entities competitiveness in Zabaikalsky Krai
The article studies approaches to definition of the ontological concept of «competition». It gives characteristics of behavioral, structural, functional and institutional approaches to definition of the competition essence. It presents methods of quantitative evaluation of competitiveness of various different economic activity types at regional level. It offers an instrument of managing competitiveness in various fields of economy and assessment methods for current competitiveness based on calculating the aggregative integral index. It presents the rating of the current industrial competitiveness of Zabaikalye Krai which can be used to increase the competitiveness of separate economic fields of the region. Using the definition of the integral index based on expert factor evaluation, a calculation is made for competitive advantages of economic activity types in Zabaikalsky Krai. A grouping is made for types of economic activity in terms of amount of competitive advantages added to compilation of «the competitiveness map» of the industries of Zabaikalsky Krai which allows to determine the degree of using the competitive advantages by the industries. The investigation method presented can be used to substantiate the strategic directions of improving competitiveness.