How to say "competitiveness" in Japanese

• 競争力きょうそうりょくCommon
  nounCovers competitiveness as an objective capacity: the strength with which a company, product, or economy can compete. It is the common word for business and economic competitiveness, often close to 'competitive edge'.
  ＳＥが辞やめ続つづけると会社かいしゃの競争力きょうそうりょくが落おちる。↗

  The company's competitive edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave.
• 対抗意識たいこういしき
  nounCovers competitiveness as a personal feeling: a sense of rivalry toward someone you want to outdo. For the competitiveness of companies or economies this is not the word you want.

Use 競争力 for competitiveness as an objective ability to compete — of companies, products, or economies; use 対抗意識 for competitiveness as a personal feeling of rivalry toward another person.

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• 競争力きょうそうりょくcompetitiveness
• 対抗意識たいこういしき(sense of) rivalry