MANAGING SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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https://doi.org/10.14529/em260111Keywords:
sustainable development, digital development, digital transformation, sustainable digital development, twin transition, management principles, Goodhart's LawAbstract
The confluence of critical contemporary challenges – environmental, social, and managerial – necessitates revising development management approaches in the context of the digitalization of the economy. Current approaches are characterized by theoretical fragmentation, neglect of developmental stages, and disregard for sectoral and spatial heterogeneity. Often, formal indicators supplant genuine goals. This study aims to develop a theoretical foundation, including a set of principles and a mathematical model, for managing sustainable digital economic development. The model will integrate the concepts of sustainable development, digital transformation, and “smart governance” into a unified system. The research hypothesis posits that developing conceptual principles and creating a comprehensive management model will overcome fragmented theoretical approaches and provide a basis for creating differentiated strategies to manage sustainable digital development. These strategies would consider the entities' stage of development, sectoral specialization, and spatial heterogeneity. The methodological framework includes systems analysis, set theory, systems theory, content analysis of international digital development rankings, statistical data, and analytical reports. The study employs logical deduction, induction, comparative analysis, and mathematical modeling methods. The results include the fol-lowing: a systematization and critical analysis of modern approaches to assessing digital development and managing the “twin transition”; a systematization of the categorical apparatus in the field of sustainable digital development with mathematical formalization based on set theory; a substantiation and detailed characterization of a three-level system of management principles (including foundational, process-oriented, and instrumental principles), each supported by empirical data and international case studies; a mathematical management model describing system dynamics as a sequence of transitions between states under the influence of permissible controls, explicitly accounting for the target area and principles; a structural diagram of the model reflecting the interrelationships of all system elements. The practical significance lies in creating a holistic methodological toolkit that federal and regional authorities, as well as corporate structures, can use to develop and adjust sustainable digital develop-ment strategies. The toolkit can also be used to form monitoring and evaluation systems, substantiate managementReferences
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