Research Paper

Company competitiveness operating in the milk industry

ST

Sara Timeridjine

MC

Mohand Chitti

Journal Information

Journal

The European Journal of Applied Economics

Volume / Issue

Vol. 20, No. 2 (2023)

Pages

93–110

Published

09 May 2023

DOI

10.5937/EJAE20-40568

Abstract

In the face of globalization and its effects, the company’s competitiveness remains an essential element for their growth and survival. This contribution aims to shed light on competitive advantage as a source of company’s competitiveness, by analyzing the competitive intensity in the milk industry based on Porter’s competitive forces supported by a multiple case study of Bejaia companies operating in the Algerian milk industry. For this paper, we studied large private industries with more than 20 years of experience in their fields of activity and with a common cost strategy. The results of study showed that the competitive intensity in this industry is important and that the competitive advantage is governed by a set of cost and non-cost factors that allow the studied cases to strengthen their positions by relying on their competitive advantages.

Keywords

competitivenesscompetitive advantagemilk industry

Citation

Sara Timeridjine, Mohand Chitti (2023). Company competitiveness operating in the milk industry The European Journal of Applied Economics. 20(2) 93–110. DOI: 10.5937/EJAE20-40568