Identification of Factors Influencing Company’s Competitiveness
International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 2013
Deniss Ščeulovs, Elīna Gaile-Sarkane

Fast development of technologies, economic globalization and many other external circumstances stimulate company’s competitiveness. One of the major trends in today’s business is the shift to the exploitation of the Internet and electronic environment for entrepreneurial needs. Latest researches confirm that e-environment provides a range of possibilities and opportunities for companies, especially for micro-, small- and medium-sized companies, which have limited resources. The usage of e-tools raises the effectiveness and the profitability of an organization, as well as its competitiveness. In the electronic market, as in the classic one, there are factors, such as globalization, development of new technology, price sensitive consumers, Internet, new distribution and communication channels that influence entrepreneurship. As a result of eenvironment development, e-commerce and e-marketing grow as well. Objective of the paper: To describe and identify factors influencing company’s competitiveness in e-environment. Research methodology: The authors employ well-established quantitative and qualitative methods of research: grouping, analysis, statistics method, factor analysis in SPSS 20 environment, etc. The theoretical and methodological background of the research is formed by using scientific researches and publications, such as that from mass media and professional literature; statistical information from legal institutions as well as information collected by the authors during the surveying process. Research result: The authors detected and classified factors influencing competitiveness in e-environment. In this paper, the authors presented their findings based on theoretical, scientific, and field research. Authors have conducted a research on e-environment utilization among Latvian enterprises.


Atslēgas vārdi
Competitiveness, e-environment, factors, factor analysis
Hipersaite
http://internationalscienceindex.org/publications/6294/identification-of-factors-influencing-company-s-competitiveness

Ščeulovs, D., Gaile-Sarkane, E. Identification of Factors Influencing Company’s Competitiveness. International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation, 2013, Vol.7, No.6, 246.-252.lpp.

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)
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