Study of the Readiness and Conditions for Adaptation of the Foreign Countries Industrial Sector to the Digitalization of Business Processes

Abstract

This scientific article highlighted the role of digital transformation of companies, including in the post-pandemic period, which is characterized by the restructuring of business processes of enterprises, the active formation of new competitive advantages, including through the development, implementation and effective adaptation of various information and communication tools. Digitalization strategies by country and region of the world were presented and described in detail. The Enabling Digitalization Index (EDI), IMD Digital Competitiveness Ranking, performance indicators of digital technologies in Europe and the evolution of EU member states in the field of digital competitiveness within the framework of the DESI rating (The Digital Economy and Society Index) were studied and analyzed, leading countries were identified, and the level of readiness and adaptability of industrial enterprises operating on their territory to widespread digitalization of business processes was analyzed. The experience of Denmark and Estonia was separately studied as one of the fastest growing markets in the field of digitalization of industrial production and, in general, business. The results obtained as part of the analysis have a clear theoretical and practical significance for the subsequent development of tools and methods for assessing the level of digital readiness of industrial enterprises for the implementation and adaptation of digital ecosystems in their activities.