Competition of companies: methods and approaches in assessing competitive advantages
Competition is an integral part of market relations in the world, national, sectoral and regional economies. Contradictory processes of globalization determine deployment of competitive processes at different levels of the world economic system. The interaction of competition and entrepreneurship is ambiguous. Different competitive situations are being shaped in various sectors of the economy. Liberalization of foreign economic activity has contributed to emergence of a large number of export-import operation participants. This process has resulted in increasing competition in the segment of national consumer markets. Practically, all territories of the world have been drawn in competitive relationships. The extent of economic survival of all market participants should be determined by conducting relevant calculations of competitiveness of goods and services, as competition stimulates the increase of efficiency of the national economy and production competitive goods significant for the population.