摘要：AbstractIn the situation of dominating in the world tendencies of economic depression as well as the crisis in European region, which is still continuing the companies, which aim at remaining and surviving in the competition, must analyze the surroundings of the competition actively. That concerns the companies, which performs as monopolies in the market, and the companies working in the sector of railways are usually among them. The question which needs to be considered is as follows: what method or methods should be chosen for assessment of business surroundings? In order to answer this question it is necessary to perform the analysis of the estimation of demands for every company, which would help to define the demands of the companies. In this case first of all, it is important to answer such question as: how does the company perform in the market: as a monopoly, an oligopoly or a rival? The next question is what kind of funds is used in the company, which is analyzed: national or private? For this purpose the companies working in the sector of railways must also estimate their demands according to the criteria which were defined above.
关键词：the systems of assessment of surroundings;competitive intelligence;strategic places;collecting of information and its analysis
