Abstract

This paper presents features, approaches and institutional conditions, implications of digital technologies focused on the sustainable industrial development of the regional economy. The objective of the study is to analyse possibilities of the practical implementation of measures on digital ecosystem creation of separate region, Kostanay Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the industrial region of country having a certain innovation potential. This paper uses scientific methods of enquiry, statistical data and mathematical modelling in economics. In the result of study digital technology development priorities at the national level were established and the digitalization impact on the regional development was emphasised. The empirical analysis basis served the results of studies conducted within R&D “Developing the Government Regulation Policy on Accelerated Clustering of Industrial Regions” conducted under the grant financing of Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Highlights

  • The pandemic speed up global trends, including the digitalization increased rhythm, the grown uncertainty on territories’ status, the necessity of new marketing solutions and the demand for the smart development model

  • The digital ecosystem policy allows Kazakhstan to fit into the current international agenda on the achievement of global sustainable development goals

  • Based in the study findings the following conclusions can be made: − The wealth of scientific works devoted to the specifics of digital technology implementation and the role of state in this process has formed; − The continuity of programme documents in sphere of digitalization is observed in the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Introduction

The pandemic speed up global trends, including the digitalization increased rhythm, the grown uncertainty on territories’ status, the necessity of new marketing solutions and the demand for the smart development model. During the COVID-19 pandemic revealed shortcomings of digitalization processes, many national and regional programmes showed their limitedness. Not all regions were ready for the fast transition to digital technologies. It can be stated the low level of information and communication infrastructure integrating territories into the common information space; insufficient ability of regions to model, integrate and open the access to intellectual digital resources. The different degree of digital technology implementation in big cities, monotowns and rural settlements resulted in the disbalance and the amputation of early positive effects

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