Title: The 'Digitalisation trap' of Russian regions

Authors: Alexey S. Molchan; Liudmila M. Osadchuk; Olga A. Anichkina; Sergey V. Ponomarev; Natalia I. Kuzmenko

Addresses: The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Krasnodar branch), 350051, Krasnodar, Highway Neftyanikov Str., 32, Russian Federation ' The Department of Business Analytics, Kuban State Technological University, 350072, Krasnodar, Moskovskaya Str., 2, Russian Federation ' The Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Security, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (the First Cossack University), 109004, Moscow, Zemlyanoy Val Str. 73, Russian Federation ' The Department of Business Informatics and Higher Mathematics, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Kaluga Branch), 248016, Kaluga, Chizhevsky Str., 17, Russian Federation ' The Department of Philosophy, Economics and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, Voronezh State Pedagogical University, 394043, Voronezh, Lenin Str., 86, Russian Federation

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to identify the 'digitalisation trap' of regions as the cause of Russia's digital lag in the global world order. The authors identified the structural components of the 'digitalisation trap' of Russian regions: existing digital gaps between regions resulting from different levels of digital infrastructure formation, gaps in the implementation of opportunities for long-term development of regions using digital technologies, as well as inefficient regional digitalisation policies. The authors proposed a methodology for assessing the structural components of the 'digitalisation trap'. The calculation of the overall integral indicator of the effectiveness of regional digital development allowed the authors to rank the regions of Russia and propose effective measures to overcome the 'digitalisation trap'. The author's methodology for assessing the 'digitalisation trap' of regions can be used to improve the state policy of digital development in developing countries.

Keywords: digitalisation; region; digitalisation trap; digital gaps; regional policy; Russia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2023.129468

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 2023 Vol.23 No.1, pp.20 - 41

Received: 21 Jan 2021
Accepted: 29 Sep 2021
Published online: 10 Mar 2023 *