The Role of Outsourcing in the Rise of the Competitiveness of Commercial Network

In the presentation, the author examines the stages of forming the concept of outsourcing and he evaluates its role in maintaining and developing competitiveness of modern companies. The author gives priorities to the transfer of functions to outside organizations. He describes the classification features of various types of outsourcing. The paper is concerned with the model of making a strategic decision of the necessity of outsourcing for commercial companies. The author works out indicators of the competitiveness of trade structures.