JOURNAL OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS JOURNAL OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS Журнал региональной и международной конкурентоспособности 2782-1927 84139 REGIONS COMPETITIVENESS REGIONS COMPETITIVENESS REGIONS COMPETITIVENESS Competitiveness of Russian regions in the context of the digital divide Competitiveness of Russian regions in the context of the digital divide https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1147-2295 Гордеев Валерий Александрович Gordeev Valery Alexandrovich vagordeev@rambler.ru

доктор экономических наук;

doctor of economic sciences;

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4608-2780 Маркин Максим Игоревич Markin Maksim Igorevich markinmi@ystu.ru Ярославский государственный технический университет Yaroslavl Россия Yaroslavl State Technical University Yaroslavl Russian Federation 16 06 2024 16 06 2024 3 4 60 69 01 11 2022 01 12 2022 https://chemintech.ru/en/nauka/article/84139/view

The socio-economic inequality of the Russian Federation entities generates digital inequality, and affects the competitiveness of the agglomerations. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of digital inequality on the Russian regions competitiveness level. The direct connection between the levels of ICT development and regional competitiveness is the hypothesis of the study. Therefore, regions with the similar characteristics of ICT development will have the same competitiveness level. We use the cluster analysis to test the hypothesis. As a result of the research, we confirm the hypothesis, according to the data characterizing the Russian economy in a four-year time interval.

The socio-economic inequality of the Russian Federation entities generates digital inequality, and affects the competitiveness of the agglomerations. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of digital inequality on the Russian regions competitiveness level. The direct connection between the levels of ICT development and regional competitiveness is the hypothesis of the study. Therefore, regions with the similar characteristics of ICT development will have the same competitiveness level. We use the cluster analysis to test the hypothesis. As a result of the research, we confirm the hypothesis, according to the data characterizing the Russian economy in a four-year time interval.

 Socio-economic inequality of regions regional competitiveness entities of the Russian Federation cluster analysis ICT development digital divide.

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