Current situation in the competitiveness of Russian industrial enterprises

This article examines the characteristic features of the concept of "competitiveness" of the region. The key methods for assessing competitiveness, their advantages and disadvantages are considered. The factors influencing the competitiveness of the region are analyzed, the main directions of increasing the competitiveness are formed. The conceptual approaches of scientists-economists on the development of the competitive market space in the region are formulated (in comparison). An overview of the dynamics of the level of competitiveness of the federal districts of the Russian Federation in the production of electricity and raw materials for the period from 2008 to 2019 is presented. A brief comparison of the assessment of the state of the competitive environment in Russia using data from the reports of the analytical center under the Government of the Russian Federation for 2016 and 2020 is given. In 2020, a typical representative of the sample looks like this: the owner of his own business (68%), the age of this business is more than 5 years (77.8%), the target markets for it are the markets of individual Russian regions or municipalities (62%) or the market The Russian Federation as a whole (33%). The market model of competition that has developed in the country (including in a separate region) forms the state and determines the further development of the competitive space in the economic sphere of both the region and the country as a whole. The article examines the factors on which the situation of the competitive environment of the region depends. The subsequent development of the competitive market space in the region will be influenced by both positive and negative factors. The task of the state in this case is to ensure the competitive potential of the region, that is, its readiness for normal competition and stable functioning of a specific competitive market environment.