Digital economy and innovation

The article presents the results of a study of the digitalization process in the region, methodological approaches and analysis of the degree of implementation and use of information technology. The permanent introduction of innovations is required for a competitive regional economy. In its turn, digital economy determines the creation of new goods, information and digital technology, the creation of new business structures and new relationships between economic entities. This process is accompanied not only by structural transformations of the development of social and economic systems, but also by changes in the behavior of society. We should state the fact of strong demand in innovations in the field of digital technology and digital platforms taking into account their roles in the development of the digital economy. The article gives an assessment of development trends, an assessment of the main directions of the use of information and telecommunication technology, as well as the development of innovative activities of organizations in the region. The basic methodological approaches describe the creation of the digital economy in the region. In conditions of insufficient information, documents of various organizations were used.