Wolak-Tuzimek, AnnaNoworol-Luft, ElżbietaLuft, Radosław2020-10-162020-10-1620141339-5130http://drepo.uniza.sk/handle/hdluniza/290Growth factors of competitiveness are presented empirically. Conditions of competitiveness are determined by internal factors, dependent on enterprises themselves, and by a wide range of internal factors, dependent on the macroeconomic environment. Analysis of statistics concerning 2004-2011, collected as part of the author's research, leads to the conclusion that enterprises gain competitive advantage by low pricing and high quality of their products. A growing importance of quality as a factor determining enterprise competitiveness can also be noted.enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/competitivenesssmall and medium-sized enterprisessources of competitive advantageArticlehttps://doi.org/10.26552/tac.C.2014.2.4