Digital Transformation in the Context of Sustainable Development of European Countries
Irina Kolupaieva
Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden (Sweden)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-0817
Iryna Sheiko
irina.sheiko@nure.uaKharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv (Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-3677
Tetiana Polozova
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv (Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9956-8816
Abstract
The country’s sustainable development is focused on improving the quality of life at the global level, ensuring equal access to education and public goods, and caring for the environment and biodiversity, as well as responsible consumption and production. Digital technologies are among the main drivers of sustainable development. It is very important to develop government strategy and choose correct measures aimed at ensuring sustainable development of the countries in terms of the digitalization processes. The purpose of the research is to investigate the nature of the correlation between indicators of digital development and sustainable development of the European countries, as well as to identify policy directions and measures regarding their digital and sustainable progress. Methods of the research are principal component analysis, geometric aggregation, and cluster analysis. The positive correlation within the digital and sustainable development is observed. Most indicators of digital and sustainable development positively correlate with each other. Based on PCA, it was found that indicators of sustainable development have a stronger intercorrelation than those of digital development. Based on the construction of integral indicators of digital and sustainable development, a cluster analysis was conducted. The main digital tools that contribute to the achievement of each of the 17 goals of sustainable development were determined. The results of the analysis provide a suitable basis for comparing the digital and sustainable development of individual countries and offer opportunities to identify tools and strategy directions for policymakers.
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Keywords:
digitalization, sustainable development, European countries, principal component analysis, cluster analysisReferences
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Authors
Irina KolupaievaLinkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-0817
Guest lecturer at Linkoping University, Sweden.
Profesor Katedry Cybernetyki Ekonomicznej i Zarządzania Bezpieczeństwem Ekonomicznym w Charkowie Narodowym Uniwersytecie Elektroniki Radiowej, Charków, Ukraina., Doktor nauk ekonomicznych, profesor
Research internship in Linkoping University, Sweden (Sweden, 2022-2023)
Project leader and coordinator of Erasmus Jean Monnet Module «Ukraine-EU: Digital innovations making connections 4 changes» – EUDI4C #101047751 (Since 2022) ; Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module «Ukraine-EU: Circular Economy solutions 4 Smart and Sustainable Cities» -Eco4Smart#101127659 (since 2023); «Improvements of Mechanisms of Digital Regulatory Policy of Ukraine in relation to the EU», Linkoping University, Sweden (September 2022-June 2023)
Authors
Iryna Sheikoirina.sheiko@nure.ua
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-3677
Associate professor of Economic Сybernetics and Management of Economic Security Department, in Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Candidate of Economic Sciences, PhD
Authors
Tetiana PolozovaKharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9956-8816
Head of Department of Economic Cybernetics and Management of Economic Security in Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor.
Research interests: diagnostics of innovative and investment activity of the enterprise, estimation of economic efficiency of innovative and investment projects
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