Competitiveness of selected ceramic products from the provinces of Kütahya, Eskişehir and Bilecik: A comparative analysis

Competition can be defined as a race which individuals and institutions are in a line with a goal they aim and want to achieve. When evaluated in terms of firms, it's considered as an effort to get a share from the market and to be the best. Competition power is a advantage which in comparison with other competitors from the market individuals and institutions who exposed to competition want to get employment levels which sustainable level with high performance. In the first chapter, the concept of competition, the concept of competition power, the factors of competition power, classic approach and modern approach which are two different approaches to aim determine international competition power and several methods to calculating of international competition power were discussed. In the second chapter, the concept and history of ceramic, classification of the ceramic sector's products, the ceramic sector of the World, Turkey and Kutahya, general information about fields of ceramic in general trading system were involved. In the third chapter, the application of the study, the aim and importance of the study, the data and methods which were used in the study, the study's findings were discussed and after that constraint of the study was involved.