Ways to increase competitiveness of an enterprise on the example of activity of Nestlé in Ukraine

The current situation clearly shows the economic and logistic development of the world that gives companies the opportunity to enter the new fastgrowing markets. However, this situation increases the competitive pressure. So, if companies want to survive under the circumstances of global competitiveness, they face the task of increasing their competitiveness. According to some scientists, competitiveness is the potential, opportunities and ability of a market participant to withstand competition, that is, competition from the other entities operating in the same industry in the market. In this situation an important role play such factors, as price, level of development, location, level of services and quality. There are two approaches to the evaluation of company competitiveness level – market approach and resource approach. An important way of increasing a company competitiveness level is the internationalization of its activity, that is its entrance into foreign markets. In such a situation there appears the concentration of activity and the taking over of a larger part of a market. The essence of the notion “competitiveness” was examined in the article. The essentially new scheme of internationalization was presented. The scheme of indirect distribution channel was proposed. The practical experience of internationalization activity was analyzed.