Abstract:

The article is devoted to the problems of diagnostics and increasing the efficiency of digital technologies use in regional management. The basic concepts associated with the digitization of management processes at the regional level are considered and the author’s method of assessing the degree of regions’ digital maturity is proposed. The method is based on the calculation and analysis of the complex index of digital maturity of regions and its components – integrated indicators (subindices) that characterize the main directions and factors of digital development. The methodology of the Index is based on a conceptual framework for assessing “digital readiness”. Within the framework of this approach, the indicators of digital maturity are considered systematically, in an analytical perspective, allowing giving a comprehensive assessment of the processes of using digital technologies and the factors affecting them. Ranking by component indices, subindices and individual indicators allows to determine the region’s lagging behind in the use of digital technologies and to assess the current conditions for digital maturity. The analysis can be carried out at different levels of indicators aggregation. The rating of digital maturity of Russian regions was formed using the method. According to the results of the study, the directions of increasing the efficiency of regions digitalization are proposed. The method can be used in the future to diagnose the digital maturity of regions in different countries.