Competition is the rivalry of several entities in achieving a similar goal.
Types of competition
In biology, they talk about competition between individuals of the same species (intraspecific competition) or between individuals of different species (interspecific competition), in view of the limited resources of the external environment — food, light, water, shelters, etc.
In economics, they talk about the business competition of business entities, each of which, by its actions, limits the ability of a competitor to unilaterally influence the conditions for the circulation of goods on the market, that is, the degree of dependence of market conditions on the behavior of individual market participants.↑
In everyday life, competition is present in the relationships of both children and adults; women compete with each other no less than men compete with each other.
Competition and cooperation
As a rule, competition precludes cooperation. However, if people are civilized, then they may well combine one and the other: smart competitors can be friends at the same time, cooperate with each other. Wise people really understand that competitors are objectively useful for their own development: they do not let you relax, stimulate you to think, plus it’s good to learn from their own findings.
It is difficult to say in general terms what is more promising, competition or cooperation. Competition is easier to understand, easier to launch, and collaboration is a more complex and fragile relationship. Cooperation is difficult to create, but easy to destroy. We can say that cooperation is a more expensive, more exclusive relationship, to which people and organizations still need to grow. See →