Industrial Cooperation of the EEA Member Countries in Perspective of the Digital Economy

Purpose: this paper is based on the research aimed at the assessment of capacity for industrial cooperation of countries of Eurasian Economic Union and consideration of the opportunities for industrial cooperation related to the technologies of the digital economy.
Methods: the article is developed in accordance with the system approach, the system of general theoretical and economic methods: methods of positive and normative analysis, statistical methods of data processing and graphical presentation of information.
Results: assessment of level and the capacity for cooperation in the industry of the EEU is presented. The role of the digital economy in industrial production is defined. The directions of strengthening the cooperation ties between the industrial enterprises of the EEA member countries using the capabilities of the digital economy are identified, as well as those factors that need to be taken into account when stimulating the relevant organizational and managerial innovations. It allows to develop the industrial policy measures within the framework of the EEA.
Conclusions and Relevance: achievement of the goals of the EEA in the field of the industry is seen in the formation of a new paradigm of competition and cooperation of enterprises by deepening industrial cooperation through the introduction of the digital economy technologies. This provides a unique chance for overcoming the gap in the efficiency of industrial enterprises of the EEA member countries and enterprises of the leading countries emerged in the last quarter of a century based on competitive cooperation (coopetition). The results indicate that the EEA member countries have reached the depth of the division of labor in industry, which is expressed by a significant share of the exchange of intermediate goods, but the trend of further deepening of cooperation is not observed. Although by now the technologies of the digital economy have mostly found their application in electronic commerce and finance, the article identifies those that can and should become the foundation for innovations allowing to integrate elements of competition and cooperation of enterprises in the real sector of the economy.

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