Factors and models of economic security of industrial enterprises in a depressed region in the context of digital transformation

Abstract

The problem of digital transformation of enterprises is explained by the need to ensure long-term sustainable economic security for domestic industrial producers in the context of digitization. The transition to digital rails creates an opportunity to reorganize the production process and form effective interaction among all participants in the digital ecosystem. This necessitates the study of the process and possible directions of digital transformation to ensure an increase in the level of economic security of enterprises. The aim of the article is to present the results of the study of the process and directions of digital transformation of enterprises as a condition for sustainable economic security. The research methodology is based on the analysis and idealization of the process of digital transformation, the logical substantiation of the essence of this phenomenon, and the identification of the main directions of digital transformation. Generalization of data from consulting companies allowed for the formation of the main trends in digital transformation. A structural model of digital transformation of a depressed region enterprise has been proposed, which includes three components: basic spheres of activity, digitization processes, and conditions for ensuring economic security. The obtained conclusions contribute to the development of ideas about the processes of digital transformation of enterprises as a condition for ensuring their economic security. They allow for an assessment of the overall state and identification of vulnerable areas that reduce the level of economic security of a depressed region enterprise. The results of the study will help enterprises in depressed regions make targeted decisions regarding methods of ensuring economic security, taking into account differences in the level of digitization.