Current state and assessment of prospects for the development of digital platforms in the business environment

The article is devoted to the study of the current state and prospects for the development of a digital platform in the national economy and business environment. The concept of a digital platform is given, some types of digital platforms are revealed, as well as characteristic features. The high role digital platform in the digitalization of the economy is being clarified, numerous benefits are emerging and emerging. It is determined that the identification of the severity of a positive impact on the state of the economy, the possibility of forming a multiplier effect, extracting costs, collecting integral processes, combining a heterogeneous contingent of participants, validity, features of innovation-oriented processes and many other advantages, in combination determine the relevance of the digital development platform.

It is emphasized that the sanctions have determined the expediency of increasing the activity of the functioning of domestic digital platforms with the prospect of import substitution and ensuring the comprehensive independence of the national IT infrastructure. The current trends in the development of digital platforms are analysed, namely: the desire of domestic companies to expand the range of services provided; the formation of their own platform solutions by national industrial companies; the aggravation of problems in the field of maintaining internal infrastructure that ensures the development of digital platforms throughout the country; the growing interest of the state in regulating relations in the field of digital platforms, ensuring the unified integration of domestic systemically important companies, as well as advanced small and medium-sized businesses for their cooperation; strengthening the processes of state support for IT companies developing digital platforms and ensuring the creation of the necessary infrastructure.

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