Purpose. Understanding the level of competition in markets is critical for managers in their decision-making process. The numerous methods available for assessing competition can complicate this process. This article aims to summarize the existing methods for evaluating competition and identify the relationships between their evaluation criteria.
Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze the state, competitiveness and development prospects of Ukrainian enterprises in the field of retail trade in light petroleum products on the domestic market. The main tasks of the research are: determination of the subject, object and subject of competition, criteria of competitiveness of gas station networks of Ukraine and their rating; calculation of the intensity of competition in the industry; characterization of the industry according to M. Porter's 5 forces of competition.
The article discusses the small businesses role in the market economy at the current stage of its development, characterizes its advantages and disadvantages, and defines the essence of the «competitiveness» concept. The authors have emphasized the economic and statistical analysis importance in researching the competitiveness of small businesses and in forming an effective strategy for its enhancement.
The article examines and studies the essence of competitiveness and the choice of an effective competitive strategy in various literary sources, scientific studies, and current regulations. According to the literature, all authors emphasize that for an enterprise to operate effectively in a competitive industry, it is necessary to have its own competitiveness strategy, which is formed as an action plan for obtaining a sustainable competitive position.
Modern trends of globalization and the development of the world economy convincingly testify the need to rethink the ways and models of doing business under the influence of IT systems and technologies. This opens new prospects for business. The Internet has become a modern space for conducting business, which significantly expands the possibilities of displaying the real economy in the virtual global world. The consequence of the above-mentioned processes is the development of such an economic and legal phenomenon as electronic business.
This article examines the concept of digitalization and its implementation at an enterprise in order to increase its competitiveness on the market. A content analysis of the term “digitalization” was carried out. Under his own vision of the term “digitalization” is understood the process of using, systematizing, and processing incoming information in a digital format and as a result of improving customer service in the business environment.
The article is devoted to the study of issues related to the peculiarities of the development and implementation of the strategy of the development of the brand of enterprises in the conditions of European integration. The article analyzes the constituent elements of brand management and defines the place and role of brand development strategy.
Economic growth planning plays an important role because it ensures the efficient operation of the company, and efficient operations cannot be carried out without reducing production costs. That is why it is expedient to implement a system of planning of lean management for the purpose of economic growth in the context of the introduction of new types of foreign economic activity. Therefore, the purpose of the work is to develop measures for planning economic growth at the enterprise in the context of introduction of new types of foreign economic activity.
The problem of forming a highly competitive national economy is currently key, as practice shows that the majority of domestic economic entities are uncompetitive on world markets, which is confirmed by the results of the ratings of leading international organizations, according to which Ukraine occupies one of the last places among the studied countries. That is why there is a need to investigate in detail the issue of rating enterprises both on the national and international markets.
Problem setting. The food industry of Ukraine holds a unique position among other industries, as it is one of the backbone elements of the national economy, is in the top five industries in terms of filling the state budget, ranks second in terms of production in the structure of industrial production in Ukraine, providing one of the highest growth rates of production volumes among other sectors of the economy.