International trade and e-commerce in the practice of enterprises activity

Abstract

The aim of the research is to propose framework that incorporates factors determining the ability of companies to develop international trade. The study presented in the paper contains three different aspects. First, the development of international trade is disclosed from different perspectives, including e-commerce as well. Second, the framework that incorporates factors determining the ability of companies to develop international trade is presented. Third, the application of framework for EU production and trade enterprises is given. The article is based on comparative and multiple criteria analysis. For the suggested framework, a set of criteria and the multiple criteria evaluation method (COPRAS) is used. The proposed approach can be useful for authors who analyse the development of international trade.