Abstract

In market-oriented economy, the competitiveness decides the success of the enterprise. To capture the market, companies must have strong competitive edge. Different industries have their own characteristics, the investigation for enterprise competitiveness is also different. This paper studies on the evaluation of the competitiveness in food industry and discusses the evaluation methods and index system. This study is with a significant value on both theoretical and practical application. Based on the composition of enterprises competitiveness, this study establishes a food enterprise competitiveness evaluation index system. Then 79 listed companies from Shanghai stock exchange and Shenzhen stock exchange are chosen as research subjects. The comprehensive evaluation of the food enterprises’ competitiveness from 2011 to 2013 is calculated by using factor analysis. Finally, combined with the analysis above, some suggestions are presented to improve the competitiveness of the food listed companies in China.

Keywords:

Competitiveness, evaluation index system, factor analysis, food industry,

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