Theoretical and practical aspects of spatial and industrial development of region in terms of digitalization
The article considers the problems of spatial development of Russian regions in the digital era. Based on the comprehension of modern scientific and theoretical views on the application of the spatial approach in foreign and domestic practice of regional management and the results of using the methods of strategic and factor analysis, a high level of subjectivity was revealed in determining the priorities of territorial development, ignoring specific features and significant industry factors economic growth. A new formulation of the economic category “spatial and sectoral development of the region” is proposed, which allows concretizing the general distinctive features of the development of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The priority directions of the spatial and sectoral development of the RF regions have been clarified on the basis of an analysis of a wide range of factors that determine existing and new problems in terms of territorial and sectoral criteria. There have been considered the factors impeding building up competitive advantages in the sectoral section of the regional economy, including making decisions on optimizing various kinds of costs for scenario options for their elimination; to intensify an adaptive response to the need to develop targeted strategic documents focused on the creation of innovative industries, the introduction of digital technologies and competencies that contribute to the production of high-tech competitive products in the context of active digitalization of society. There appears an opportunity to create new jobs, improve the qualifications of personnel in order to obtain and apply the required professional knowledge. There have been made the conclusions: spatial and sectoral development based on the modern provisions of the theory of regional economics takes on the functions of digital processing and diagnostics of various kinds of information in the management of territories of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation and becomes the foundation for the development, adoption and implementation of policy documents, which is confirmed by the practice of the regional administration of the Perm region.