Competitive Advantage for Small and Medium Enterprises
Business, Management and Education 2010: Scientific Conference: Conference Proceedings 2011
Deniss Ščeulovs, Elīna Gaile-Sarkane

Winning business is grounded in sustainable competitive advantage. A company has competitive advantage whenever it has on edge over rivals in securing customers and defending against competitive forces. There are many sources of competitive advantage: making the highest-quality product, providing superior customer service, achieving lower costs than rivals, designing a product than performs better than competition brands etc. To succeed in building a competitive advantage, a company must try to provide what buyers will perceive as “superior value” – either a good product at a low price or a “better” product that is worth paying more for. This paper focuses on how small and medium company can achieve or defend a competitive advantage. Authors of the paper pay attention to competitive advantage’s macro level. Authors of the paper will describe competitive advantage’s structure, elements, etc. Main conclusion of the research is: speaking about micro or company level, we are discussing not competitive advantage, but company strategy, which include competitive advantage component.


Atslēgas vārdi
competitive advantage, macro and micro levels, small and medium enterprises

Ščeulovs, D., Gaile-Sarkane, E. Competitive Advantage for Small and Medium Enterprises. No: Business, Management and Education 2010: Scientific Conference: Conference Proceedings, Lietuva, Vilnius, 18.-18. novembris, 2010. Vilnius: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2011, 1.-10.lpp. ISBN 9789955287575. ISSN 2029-7963.

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English (en)
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