The comparison of trade enterprises

Abstract

The research paper is devoted to the development of trade enterprises. It is aiming to propose framework helpful to compare trade enterprises by geographic location. Such findings of this research paper could be useful for policy makers. The analysis of scientific literature published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Springer, M. E. Sharpe, Routledge, etc. show that only 0.44% of authors analyze the performance of trade enterprises and trade sector’s development. First, in the paper the results of investigations towards methods used for enterprises’ performance analysis are overviewed. Second, the framework used to compare trade enterprises by geographic location is presented. Different performance factors are suggested for the benchmarking. At the end of the study, the application of proposed framework is given. The results of the paper can be useful for private enterprises and policy makers.