Experience in developing a methodology for analyzing the decision-making process in the field of digital economy regulation in Russia

Introduction: due to the active development of information technologies and the growth of their application in market relations, the issue of legislative regulation of the rules of interaction between participants in the emerging digital economy in Russia is becoming more and more relevant, as evidenced by the existence of the corresponding federal project within the national program “Digital economy of the Russian Federation”. At the same time, the creation of new regulations has a direct impact on the business environment, which forces companies to take an active part in the discussion of mechanisms for developing and implementing state policies in this area. Objectives: to analyze the decision-making process in the field of digital economy regulation through the proposed comprehensive methodology, which involves the study of formal procedures, state institutions and decision-making actors in the field of digital economy regulation in Russia. Methods: methods of applied analysis from the neoinstitutional, stadium-cyclical, and network directions of the political and managerial decision-making theory. Results: the main advisory, coordination and subordination institutions in the sphere of emerging regulation of the digital economy are systematized; the formal cycle of decision-making stages is modeled; the degree of influence of decision-making actors and network communities formed within institutional environments is assessed. Conclusions: the analysis shows that there is an imbalance of state decisions taken on a parity basis, depending on the stage of discussion and passage of the draft regulatory and legislative act. In the process of discussing and preparing draft decisions in the field of digital economy, state corporations take priority in comparison with private sector entities. Business representatives, as well as experts and development institutions, are largely focused on the initial stages of the decision-making cycle. In turn, the network analysis shows that the Ministry of digital development and the Ministry of economic development of the Russian Federation, responsible for the implementation of this national program, can play an important role as a conductor of industry interests.