"competitive factor" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that gives one person or group an advantage over their competitors in a particular situation. For example, "Having access to better resources gives them a competitive factor in the efforts to succeed."
Innovative flexibility-oriented business models based on innovative service value propositions could increase manufacturers competitiveness in turbulent environment and could represent a competitive factor for systems suppliers.
There is also the competitive factor.
He added that home shopping cable channels are another competitive factor.
Meeting the needs of passengers will increasingly become a competitive factor for airports.
Managing product variety may therefore be considered as an important competitive factor.
"The impact of the dollar as a competitive factor causing real harm has been the subject of discussions for the last three or four months," he said.
8. Innovation, Competition, and Government Policy in the Semiconductor Industry (Boston: Charles River Associates, March 1980), pp. 3 48; U.S. International Trade Commission, Competitive Factors Influencing World Trade in Integrated Circuits, November 1979.
"Mealtime varies from market to market depending on competitive factors and how long the flight is," said Kurt Ebenhoch of Northwest Airlines.
An outstanding human resources system is one of the important competitive factors in modern enterprises.
The importance of noncompetitive factors has increased relative to competitive ones (from 0.4x to 0.6x) and even exceeds competitive factors in financial services (~1.4x).
3.BCG analysis comparing the relative performance effects of noncompetitive factors (political/regulatory exposure) and competitive factors (e.g., profitability, EBIT [earnings before interest and taxes] margin).
