Russian industry innovative activity in the process of transition to the digital economy: trends, threats and opportunities

Ural State University of Economics, 620144, 8 Marta Str., 62, Ekaterinburg, Russia

^* Corresponding author: pnn-kufeu@yandex.ru

Abstract

The current changes in the economy made up by the transition to the sixth technological order and the development of the “Fourth industrial revolution” concept, are impossible without the innovative technologies development and implementation. In these circumstances it becomes highly important for the industrial enterprises to implement innovative solutions via the use of modern information and communication technologies. This article reveals the problems of the Russian Federation industrial enterprises innovation implementation in the course of transition to the digital economy. The analysis of the innovation activity indicators and the assessment of the software and information and communication technologies use by the Russian Federation industrial production organizations in 2017-2019 were made according to the Federal State Statistics Service data. From the research results the author identifies positive and negative trends in the innovative industrial development in Russia, and identifies the threats to the industrial production innovative solutions implementation and possible ways to minimize them. For this research the author used such methods as: comparative and logical analysis, system approach, graph and table scientific research methods.