Authors: А. Yu. Maslennikova, Yu. S. Katvitskaya
Ural Institute of Management of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, Russia E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. The development of single-industry towns in modern conditions plays an important role, as they ensure the development of the country’s industry and set its pace of development. Investment and innovation activities are the key to the renewal of fixed assets, the creation of new jobs and the growth of the competitiveness of domestic enterprises. The article deals with
the current situation of the Sverdlovsk region in terms of gross regional product, the analysis of the leading industries of the region. The projects of the Federal program “Digital economy of the Russian Federation” are investigated. The volume of investments in fixed capital by types of economic activity in the Sverdlovsk region is shown. The technique of application of the project “Digital technologies” for improvement of investment attractiveness of the considered subject of the country is presented. The purpose of the research is the analysis of the development of the digital economy and its impact on the singleindustry city of the Sverdlovsk region. Methods. The system approach was used as the main one; the methods of comparative analysis, comparison, analogy and generalization were used. Research result. The main result of this theoretical and methodical research is the analysis of programs for the digitalization of regions on the example of the Sverdlovsk region. The authors propose specific measures for the introduction of digital projects in the territory of single-industry towns, justifying their need. The need for the proposed measures is due to the importance of increasing the investment attractiveness of the territories. Summary. The authors analyzed the main economic indicators of the Sverdlovsk region, incl. the volume of investments in fixed assets, identified key opportunities for the implementation of digital transformation programs in single-industry towns, proposed major measures to improve the investment climate in the region, which can be used in other regions as a model for replication.
Keywords: industrial complex, gross regional product, single-industry towns, digital economy, digitalization, digital technologies, investments, innovations.
For citation: Maslennikova А. Yu., Katvitskaya Yu. S. Tsifrovaya ekonomika kak drayver razvitiya monogorodov Sverdlovskoy oblasti [Digital economy as a driver of development of single-industry towns in the Sverdlovsk region] // Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2019. No. 9. Pp. 81–90. DOI: 10.32417/article_5daf4305e77416.50295829. (In Russian.)
