Open AccessAccelerating Digitalization during the Pandemic: Global and Russian Cases
Author(s) -
Z. A. Mamed’yarov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kontury globalʹnyh transformacij: politika, èkonomika, pravo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9324
pISSN - 2542-0240
DOI - 10.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-4-6
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , political science , business , humanities , philosophy , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Th eext e rn a llyi n d uc edi n te nsific a t ionoft heuse of information and communication technologies in 2020 coincided with the ongoing digitalization of the world economy over the past decade. While digitalization is not a new phenomenon, the issues surrounding it are constantly changing. Before the pandemic, the discussion around digitalization mainly focused on the concepts of the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT). The pandemic brought digitalization to companies and industries that had previously been relatively backward in this respect. During the pandemic, the shift of employees to remote work using ICT technology reached an unprecedented scale and stimulated a change in consumer behavior, and the duration of the pandemic triggered a long-term process of adoption of new types of ICT goods and services. Th eI C Tc or p ora t ion sw e r eabletosign i fi c a ntlyi ncr ea s et hei rus e rba s ea n dus et hea c cu m ul a t edi nn o v a t io n p o t e nt ia lt ob r i ngn e wpr od uctsa n ds e rv i c e st oma r ke t.Th i spape r exami n e st heim pl i c a t io nsoft hep a n demi cfort hed ig ita li nfr a structur ea n dt hed ig i ta le c onom y.Th ep a n demi cha sc on tr ibutedt ot heeme rg e nceofh y b r idb us ine ssmode lst ha tc ombi n et hef ea tur e sofo ffl i n ea n do n lin es e rv i c e s.Th estr e ngt he ningofinnov a t i v ec om p e t i t io ni nt heICTs e ct o rc a nl eadt ofur t he rc o ns o l ida t io noft hei n d ustry,w hi c hi sa lr ead y be ingn o t ed int hes emi c o n du ct o rin d ustrya n dt hes e g me ntofICTs e rv i c e s.S ep a r a t e ly,t hepape rexami n e st heRuss ia ni n n o v a t io npo l i cyi nt hedi g i t a lsp he r e .Als o ,g i v e nt hei n e v i t ab l egr o wt hofi nn o v a t io nandtr adecom p eti t io ni nt hedi g i t a lsp he r ei nRuss ias i nc e2017,n e wdi r e ct io nsofst a t esup por tford ig ita lc om p a n ie s,pr od uctsa n ds e rv i c e sha v ebee ncr ea t ed .I ti ssh ow nt ha tt hemai nfo cusofi nn o v a t io npo l i cyi nt hi sa r eai nRuss iar emai nst hepu b l i cs e rv i c e ss e gme nt.At the same time, the relevant national programs face the problem of goal-setting.