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The problems of digitalization in the higher education system are considered in the paper; modern digital tools as the mechanisms for enhancing the financial autonomy of universities in Ukraine are revealed. The authors assume that the main direction of digitalization and development of digital technologies is the creation of digital infrastructures (e-infrastructures), which provide primary processing, storage and data exchange, distributed computing, and automated analytics of a higher education institution activity. However, it is noticed that in the digital world data maturity – the compliance of data with the requirements of the mentioned digital infrastructures – is essential. Digital tools for the financial sector of the economy are commonly called FinTech. This term is used to describe the technological innovations in financial services, which can lead to the emergence of new business models, applications, processes, and products; they also may have a corresponding material impact on financial markets, institutions, and ways of providing financial services. The authors are based on the main provisions of institutionalism and neo-institutionalism, financial capitalism as the theoretical foundations of modern economic relations of universities. The author's definition of the institutional autonomy of a university as an institutional unit of the modern economy, as well as the main mechanisms and instruments for regulating the limits of their institutional autonomy, are proposed. In this context, the authors describe the main FinTech technologies, which have significant prospects as components of the mechanisms of Ukrainian universities' financial autonomy, i.e.: cloud technologies, artificial intelligence technologies, the internet of things, peer-to-peer transaction technologies, digital banking, and blockchain. Analyzing the features of digital financial technologies, much attention is paid to the blockchain, in particular, smart contracts as the most accessible for Ukrainian universities in the near future. The perspective directions of introducing blockchain technology in the digital systems of Ukrainian universities are outlined. It is noted that digitalization in the university sphere stipulates establishing mandatory rules (standards), the creation and functioning of digital technologies, which act as institutional constraints to almost all the proposed mechanisms and instruments of university institutional autonomy, including the university funding mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper explores the main features of digital repression in Russia, especially in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The repression of digital activism is not a new phenomenon in Russia; however, it gained fresh momentum during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Security has been used as a pretext to expand the state's authority at the cost of individuals' rights and freedoms. To control political narratives, suppress online dissent and surveil regime critics, the government has significantly tightened the national legislation through its media regulator, Roskomnadzor. The aftermath of the war, harsh sanctions and increased anti-regime movements have also deepened Russia's aspirations toward 'digital sovereignty'. Meanwhile, regardless of a number of important initiatives in this direction, domestic digital space still remains an ambitious goal to be fulfilled. This paper concludes that, along with other devastating consequences, the war in Ukraine will provoke further digital repression in Russia aimed at achieving the Kremlin's goal of "digital sovereignty". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following the Ukraine humanitarian crisis, which was a result of the war in Ukraine, ordinary citizens stepped up to spontaneously coordinate various humanitarian responses to support affected populations. In this article such individuals who founded or coordinated this form of spontaneous humanitarian aid are referred to as citizen aid actors (CAA). This paper explores the work of citizen aid actors in Poland, a country which received many of the people displaced by the war in Ukraine. The study applies the concept of digital affordances to illustrate and argue that citizen aid actors relied on the features available on digital platforms to attain their goals. It is an outcome of a qualitative research approach where interviews, participant observation, and analysis of relevant online material about the studied citizen aid actors were used as methods of collecting data. The findings indicate that these actors used diverse digital platforms at different stages of the humanitarian aid projects, from establishment, organization and sustenance. While this study demonstrates how specific digital platforms contributed to the accomplishment of the work done by CAAs, it also highlights how problematic it can be when the actors largely rely on digital platforms. As such, potential risks associated with overreliance on digital platforms as a way of implementing projects are factored in. Ensuing concerns include the presence of online trolls, the spreading of fake news, and internet disruptions as potential obstacles for the success of the aid projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic has waned from public consciousness as the threat of the virus to health is outweighed by safety concerns during the war. Pandemic restrictions in the European region are being lifted despite low vaccination rates in Central and Eastern European countries and a lack of effective containment strategies. However, Central and Eastern European countries are influenced most by the flow of refugees from neighboring Ukraine where a triple health crisis occurs: an overloaded health system, an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the war. The aim: to review the progress regarding viral surveillance technologies that use genomics, digital, and informational tools, to find the gap in the literature and formulate policy recommendations for continuing surveillance in the context of permacrisis. Unstructured search was conducted through scientific (PubMed and Google Scholar databases) and grey literature using the keywords. The paper highlights aspects of war-related problems of infectious diseases control in Europe, new challenges in healthcare connected with COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine and provides discussion on the role of innovative surveillance systems in tackling infection outbreaks (with COVID-19 pandemic as an example). The paper overviews perspectives of the implementation of the discussed measures. Future COVID-19 outbreaks and new variants are possible. Complex adaptive system models, new tools, and the next level of health and digital intelligence are needed to provide timely and valuable insights. Combining lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of war, and the need for continuous outbreaks surveillance, new public health and digital intelligence tools must be designed and implemented at regional, European, and global levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the digital age, poor public communication catalyzes the spread of disinformation within public opinion. Anyone can produce political content that can reach a global audience, and social media has become a vital tool for political leaders to convey messages to the electorate. The 2022 Italian election campaign has seen the term "nuclear" debated with two different declinations: on the one hand, regarding nuclear energy for civilian use, and on the other hand, regarding the fear of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the use of atomic weapons. This research aims to analyze the social media debate by exploring multiplatform dynamics to qualitatively identify and analyze the connections between social media platforms that we have termed Bridges, a concept drawn from Transmedia Theory to describe the narrative relationship between platforms. The methodological approach will follow an explanatory sequential design that will rely on digital methods to identify connections between platforms (bridges) and then apply an exploratory qualitative approach to enrich the data and capture the nuances of the debate. As expected, we found polarized positions and fragmentation on both issues of civilian nuclear energy and the atomic conflict narrative. Primary evidence shows bridges spreading affective, defective, and infective content across platforms in a multifaceted social media ecosystem. Affective refers to rhetoric that appeals to people's feelings. Defective means the discussion that brings attention to hyper-partisan news channels, fake news, and misinformation. Infective means bridges with below-the-radar platforms, niche channels, or pseudo-information channels. They use bridges with mainstream platforms to gain the potential to go viral. The paper highlights the importance of cross-platform and interdisciplinary approaches to addressing disinformation in a media ecosystem where social media plays an increasing role in a country's democratic dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper offers the author's vision of the political and organizational problem of using modern blockchain-based platform solutions in public governance. The aim is substantiating potential of decentralized information platforms as a new tool of public governance to promote conscious participation of people in public politics and democracy. Based on the study of the experience of the UK, Estonia, India, and Ukraine in platform governance, the author asserts that the modern world practice of using centralized digital platforms is conditioned by the comfort for citizens as the main value, thereby replacing the real democratic values. The paper offers an original comparison of 15 key parameters of platforms and author's comparison of decentralized platforms with two other main forms of providing public administrative services by criteria as functionality, security, and cost. Unlike promising decentralized platforms, government centralized platforms are a mechanism for removing citizens from conscious governance by their states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In many countries, the rapid evolution of digital platform technology has triggered significant shifts in competition law. Many have interpreted China's recent moves as signaling a broader crackdown on private entrepreneurship. In Russia, even before the invasion of Ukraine, government policy became increasingly restrictive toward foreign internet platforms. This paper analyzes the development and enforcement of competition law in Russia and China. We show that both technologically driven changes in the ability of digital platform firms to exercise market power and changes in the external political environment affect the relative strength and coalitions of interested bureaucratic actors and influence policy outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper explores how implementation of digital technologies (DTs) assists firms in transition economies in addressing weaknesses of the institutional environment surrounding them, in particular via establishment of collective governance systems. Based on case studies of three large-scale agroholdings operating in Ukraine, the paper aims to fill the research gaps with regard to the following: motivation of the firm to initiate DT-enabled collective governance systems; the rules these systems are based on; and the reasons behind the firm's choice of a particular governance mode – closed, shared or open – for these systems. The findings generally support the institutional theory argument that complex technology enables coordination of exchange relationships not only within but also outside firm boundaries. At that, the choice of a governance mode between closed, shared or open institutional infrastructure is likely to depend on the firm's ownership concentration, corporate transparency, availability of resources and social embeddedness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper is devoted to the features of the development of the financial innovation market, since the digitalization of the economy has significantly influenced the vectors of the formation of financial technologies and new innovative financial products, and also contributed to their transformation. The purpose of this research is to study the market of financial innovations and identify threats to the development of this market, as well as the formation of directions for further development. In the course of the study, it was found that traditional approaches to the provision of financial services do not meet the growing demand and expectations of customers, the requirements of high efficiency, and profitability. In this paper, FinTech companies and FinTech services are defined as the newest instrument in the financial innovation market that satisfies the current requirements of the modern development of national economies. The study examines current trends and characteristics of financial innovations. The main principles for the introduction of financial innovations are determined, in particular: accessibility, growth point, targeting, diversity of media, openness, and cooperation, standardization, confidence, and security. The role of FinTech companies and FinTech technologies in the modernization of the financial services market has been revealed; the current global trends in the development of the FinTech sphere, as well as the prospects for its use, are explored. The FinTech boom at the end of 2021 quickly morphed into recession fears in the first half of 2022, as uncertainty surrounding a full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine, ongoing supply chain issues, and rising inflation and interest rates, took its toll on both states and businesses. The advantages and disadvantages for the banking business, caused by the digitalization of the economy, are identified, as well as an increase in the need for the development and implementation of new financial innovations. It is concluded that the current stage of digitalization of the economy has determined the trends and directions for the development of the financial services market and the banking sector in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Digital technology has become an important part of society and deserves attention and in-depth research, which is still lacking. The study presented in this paper includes international perspectives from six countries and examines which factors influence the use of digital technologies in future pedagogical work in primary schools. Specifically, we investigated how pre-service teachers assess their attitudes, knowledge, and skills towards digital technology, and we determined these factors' role in the pre-service teachers' future use of digital technologies in pedagogical work. For the purpose of the research, an online questionnaire was used, which contained open-ended questions, optional questions, and five-point Likert-type scales, and Spearman correlation and Stepwise linear regression statistical methods were used in the data analysis. The sample consisted of 573 full-time and part-time undergraduate pre-service teachers from the Faculties of Education's higher professional programmes in Norway, Slovenia, Portugal, Turkey, Ukraine, and Jordan. Data were collected between June 2021 and May 2022 and processed using IBM SPSS. The present research showed the significant importance of knowledge and skills about digital technologies and professional attitude towards digital tool factors for pre-service teachers' future professional use of digital technologies. The demonstrated intention of the future use of digital technologies showed the readiness of pre-service teachers regarding the inclusion of digital technologies in pedagogical work. Opportunities for further research are in the implementation of focus groups after surveying pre-service teachers, as well as regular measurements and the inclusion of other important constructs in the regression model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The object of the paper is peculiarities of digital economy development in the framework of informatization of socio-economic, socio-cultural relations. It contributes to the in-depth development of the noosphere, the emergence of new industries and a qualitative transformation of production and distribution relations. The paper examines the impact of digitalization on transformational changes in the economy. As noted at the 14th G20 Summit, the main goals of digitalization are the development of innovations, focused on the development of society 5.0, ensuring the free flow of data and at the same time solving problems, related to information security and the protection of intellectual property rights, as well as bridging the digital gap and promoting the digitalization of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and the development of smart cities. The research methodology is based on theoretical and methodological analysis of the literature, statistical, comparative analysis, as well as synthesis, generalization and systems analysis. The study has revealed differences between the national approach and world experience in the interpretation of digitalization. For instance, in Ukraine the phenomenon involves, first of all, «digitization» in the field of data collection and analysis. At the same time, the concept of digitalization in developed countries is considered as the modernization of the manufacturing sector based on the implementation of information and communication technologies in order to reduce the capital and material intensity of products to increase competitiveness. In addition, the level of development of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as one of the indicators of the information society has been analyzed. As a result, it was found, that about 80 % of all central banks in the world have been working on projects to issue their own digital currency. The basic requirements for national CBDC have been systematized. The practical significance, presented in the paper, lies in making recommendations for policy implementation of national economy digitalization. It is important, first of all, to «digitize» the real manufacturing sector, but not only create all sorts of «remote access services», clearly define the government position on cryptocurrencies and continue to implement the project of e-hryvnia (digital currency of National Bank of Ukraine) introduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is devoted to reviewing the materials of "The Human of the Future" symposium, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters from 16 to 18 November on the occasion of the World Philosophy Day. In a hyper-technological world, the very concept of humanity undergoes constant evolution. In view of the scale of modern challenges, within the framework of the event, it was suggested to reflect upon the concept of "the human of the future" from the point of view of their own evolution and historical development, as well as from the viewpoint of the world upheavals causing human to overflow and surpass their own historical formation. The purpose of the article is to determine contemporary philosophical and anthropological tendencies in the development of Humanities and Social studies and to examine the status of a philosophical approach as relevant to the digital world for understanding the "human". The theoretical basis is represented by the materials of the speeches of contemporary philosophers, anthropologists and researchers within the framework of "The Human of the Future" symposium and focused on the search for alternative anthropocentrism ways of understanding human and technology. Conclusions. The future is presented as a challenge faced with a number of serious crises in the context of information overload and unstoppable speed of data flows circulation. Studying the process of multiplying technological updates and human transformations leads to the idea of reconstructing the nature of philosophical research. Two philosophical and anthropological trends are presented: the expansion of the understanding of "human" through the introduction of technological objects and the biogeophysical dimension into its interpretation, as well as the process of ontologization of digital technologies. There is specified a range of current issues in the Social Sciences and Humanities research: communication between species, life definition, ambiguous relationship of people with technology, with increasingly blurred boundaries between technology and biology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In our modern world, digital technologies have become an integral part of human life, and their development is so rapid that the law does not always have time to respond "promptly" to the emergence of new items, technological solutions, or virtual currencies. Both in theory and in practice, several questions have arisen regarding the criminal legal qualification of acts related to corruption in the digital environment, including in the field of cryptocurrencies. Difficulties arise primarily because in Ukraine, as in many other countries, the legal status of this phenomenon is not defined at the legislative level. By the chosen goal and to solve the tasks set out in this paper, the author used a combination of general scientific, research, and special methods of modern science, namely: formal logic, analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, abstraction, hypothesis, and analogy. The purpose of the article is to analyze new types of corruption offenses in the digital world, in particular those related to the use of cryptocurrency for corrupt purposes, and to analyze the prospects for legislative regulation to overcome this negative phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The growing interconnection of technology and politics and the enactment of particular political goals (technopolitics) has been closely articulated with emotions and the building of foreign policy narratives. In the current context of change in the communication paradigm, global and disintermediated, bringing together in the same digital space distinct actors, and having wide diffusion and reach, the challenges to international politics are diverse. Digital and media literacy are, in this regard, key to address the implications of these changes, avoiding the spreading of disinformation, fake news and distorted practices that might have profound effects at societal and political level. In this context, this paper aims at providing a basis for understanding the emerging and increasingly clear connection between political communication, polarization, disinformation, and emotions in social networks and digital literacy as a central factor explaining misuse or alleviating deficiencies, on the one hand, and how this context is affecting the reconfiguration of international relations and politics, on the other hand. The case of the war in Ukraine is illustrative of these trends and dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mobility is the engine of our society in the third millennium. Rapid technical development makes it possible to increase cognitive ability in various fields; mobility is one of the most affected. Mobility has become a multidimensional concept in our interpretation; in addition to transportation, it also appears in the digital space, among other dimensions. The 21st century has brought unprecedented challenges, such as the covid-19 virus and the Russian war in Ukraine. These highlight bottlenecks in mobility systems and prompted us to explore the concept of cognitive mobility. This paper intends to refine the CogMob approach, which co-manages human and machine capabilities in mobility. New achievements within CogMob's domain match the new challenges of war and viruses. This article aims to outline the field of cognitive mobility. It presents CogMob's definition and examples that clarify the combinations of cognitive levels of different mobilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modern economy development is inseparably concerned with the use of the most modern and advanced information technologies. Therefore, scientists’ attention in terms of the issues of digitalisation and innovative development is constantly growing. In this paper studies different scientific views on the specifics of digitalisation of economic systems and building a modern smart economy of the future were used. The purpose of the study is to prove the relationship between the processes of digitalization and the formation of an innovative model of the smart economy in Ukraine. To achieve this goal, in the article statistical data on the state of innovative development of the Ukrainian economy and Ukrainian enterprises were analysed; the directions of the strategy of innovative development at the national level implementation was specified. The study substantiates that currently the national economy is on the way to a smart society formation, and most innovative initiatives are carried out at the expense of business, while the state uses regulatory levers without active financial participation. The mutual influence of digitalisation processes and implementation of the innovation development strategy is determined. It was established that digitalisation processes are essential and extremely important for the formation of a national model of the smart economy, as they are complex and applied, but not concentrated in a particular area or industry. At present, the national model of the smart economy cannot be formed without state support that is provided through the development and implementation of the innovation development strategy. The state has the capabilities and sufficient levers to stimulate the introduction of modern digital technologies and the development of an innovative component of scientific research that can be implemented in the practical activities of Ukrainian enterprises and organizations in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the 21st century, following the process of globalization, the importance of the Internet is increasing, continuous remote communication is carried out, electronic purchases are made, payments are made in electronic form, and official and unofficial correspondence is exchanged between actors and institutions both within the country and abroad. Remote services are developing both in the private and public sectors. Therefore, Internet users, service recipients, legal entities, public agencies, and, in general, any citizen who communicates electronically in public space using remote services are under threats from cyberspace. However, it should also be noted that with the rise in popularity of the Internet, a new era of technological challenges are making the threats from cyberspace become apparent. Addressing these threats requires a comprehensive and multi-layered approach, including robust cybersecurity practices, regular updates and patching of software, user education and awareness, cooperation between governments and private sectors, and the development of international norms and agreements to prevent and respond to cyber threats. The technological progress of the world is so comprehensive that we face its consequences in all fields, including wars between states. No one is surprised anymore that today wars are taking place simultaneously in two dimensions - physical and digital worlds. Such is the daily life of two-sided military battalions of the twenty-first century, which became the focus of people's attention after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. The presented article discusses cyber attacks carried out by Russia on the territory of Ukraine as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The aim of the paper is to show how important the issue of cyber security is in modern wars and what policies states should implement to neutralize threats from cyberspace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose of the paper is to analyze the positioning of Ukraine in the global indices of innovative development and competitiveness, to evaluate the indicators of innovation activity and, based on the outcomes of the research, to determine the place of Ukraine in the global innovation space. The dynamics of innovation activity on an international scale based on the consolidated indicators of the Global Innovation Index are presented. Ukraine's position in it and progress in achieving goals to better understand the processes that stimulate or constrain innovation are determined. Econometric methods to generalize the positioning of Ukraine in the global innovation space and the DEA method to study the relative individual effectiveness of the innovation environment and innovation activities in Europe are used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper investigates aspects of digital trade in the United Kingdom and the possibility of adopting this experience in Ukraine. The authors analyse the performance of digital trade by segment and identify three clusters based on which they construct a mechanism for introducing the U.K. experience into the development of digital trade in Ukraine. By means of indicator systematization, the authors track the dynamics of gross value added in the sectors of IT, software and computer services, computer programming, consulting, and software publishing. The work identifies the tech companies based on the data of London Stock Exchange. Based on the analysis of average earnings in the U.K. digital sector by age group, the authors substantiate their suggestions aimed at creating new jobs for all age groups in Ukraine. Graphics illustrate the dynamics and trends of GDP growth from investment into digital technology in the United Kingdom over the period from 2020 to 2040. Based on this, the authors delineate the factors of influence and design the mechanism of introducing the U.K. experience into the development of digital trade in Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tourism sector remains one of the domains with growth paces consistently higher than those of global economic development. Expansion of digital information and communication technologies is an essential foundation for securing the competitiveness of tourist destinations and innovative products. Their boost caused the reformatting of leading tourist destinations into the smart tourism regions in early 2016. The methodology of the research in the practical framework of the paper is based on the calculation of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum after 2014. The paper suggests the implementation of best global practices of the introduction of digital technologies directed at improving the competitiveness of tourist destinations. The authors emphasize that nowadays, the future of the tourism industry requires the creation of smart destinations and smart regions, which are almost absent in Ukraine today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper authors research the digital inclusion in English language teaching in Ukraine. The authors concentrate on the investigation of the digital platform Sikorsky Distance that supports the digital skills development of University students. Special attention is given to forcibly displaced students, students from temporarily occupied territories, and studentsrefugees and students from non-urban environments. This research has clearly shown that the usage of digital platforms is a valuable source that helps students from temporarily occupied territories, students-refugees, and students from non-urban environments adapt to the English language learning process and are integrated into students’ communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose. The study identifies the effects of the small local networks of renewable energy generation on the economy. It defines the potential and necessary conditions to establish value creation networks, or distributed production systems, based on participant cooperation. Design. The paper examines increasing opportunities to guarantee sustainable economic development. At the same time, the challenges of digital technologies also create serious threats to the community’s social cohesion. The monopolization of digital platform marketplaces and the emergence of “platform capitalism” follow the growth of the platform business model. The proprietors of the core of digital platforms own disproportionate market dominance. Findings. The emergence of “platform capitalism” and “platform cooperativism” models discussed in the contingent upon certain socio-cultural conditions. It has proven that cooperative digital platforms are particularly vital during the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine and the post-war reconstruction period. Originality. A proposed cooperative digital platform-based model develops a microgrid ecosystem to produce renewable energy. Digital platform cooperatives exemplified the benefits of geographic or specialty localization (specialization) with the activities’ globalization. Digital platforms allow united independent developers of scientific and technical innovations and technological knowledge, as well as owners of material funds and financial resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the complexity of the global epidemiological situation, the struggle for the competitiveness of national economies is exacerbated. For Ukraine, whose economy has now taken the form of deindustrialization, the intensification of innovation is a necessary, extremely important condition for its further development. It was previously thought that the socio-economic development and growth of countries depended mainly on their capital and labor resources, while other lesstangible resources, such as information, training, infrastructure development were treated as external factors influencing market behavior only indirectly. However, overtime, the idea that knowledge management is a determining factor in productivity in both modern and traditional economies is becoming increasingly entrenched. The paper proposes results of the research of Ukraine’s positioning in the global innovation space. It also determines the necessity of priority development of the innovative sphere of the country against the backdrop of crisis phenomena and assesses the position of Ukraine in the Indices characterizing the level of development of the innovative component of the competitiveness of the country’s economy. It underlines the insufficient level of innovation infrastructure development in the country. The authors consider that the basis of Ukrainian innovative competitiveness is the development of institutions, infrastructure and business. These areas need special state support, as their effective implementation is the main competitive advantage of Ukraine. The research was conducted according to the Global Innovation Index sub-indices on the horizon of 2013—2021. Econometric methods are used to generalize the positioning of Ukraine in the global innovation space and the DEA method to study the relative individual effectiveness of the innovation environment and innovation activities in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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• Evaluating the impact of a cyber-vulnerability on device-level resilience of solar-based networks. • Designing a structure for assessing device resiliency using controller code verification in digital twin environment. • Determining the effect on microgrid resilience applying a new machine learning based cyber-physical resiliency metric (CPRM). • Adjusting control actions to improved situational awareness of solar-based networks. Cyber-attacks (CAs) on electrical networks in presents of renewable energies, particularly solar energy, have become more complex and sophisticated over the past few years by making severe system outages. In light of increased automation in solar-based energy industries, a holistic cyber-physical infrastructure must be considered to predict the effect of CAs on electrical networks and the ways to enhance its resilience. The present study examines the resilience characteristics at the equipment area of the diverse control methods and their effect on the outage severity of the smart grid using digital twins (DT) simulation technology. The paper presents a machine learning based metric for measuring the resilience of cyber-physical features that considers device-level characteristics, vulnerabilities, and system models. Resiliency refers to a system's capability of providing energy even during severe contingencies and relates to the ability to resist, forecast, and recover. An example based on the newest CA against Ukraine has been provided and simulated on DT environment. A case study is proposed to illustrate how cyber-physical resilience metrics can be applied to improve operators' situational awareness and provide more proactive or corrective control measures for improving resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper considers the issue of investment management of digital innovations in modern business. The main purpose of the research is the development of approaches to the investment management of the innovative digitalisation processes of the enterprises and justification of the economic efficiency of investment projects on innovative information technologies use in the context of their relationship with existing information solutions for enterprise management. The relevance of the research is the necessity to change the methods of doing and managing the modern business, taking into account the achievements of the Third and Fourth Industrial Revolutions, which form innovative business philosophy based on informatisation and digitalisation of manufacturing and delivery processes. The implementation of innovative digital technology in business processes requires significant costs and it raises the issue on their minimization. Systematization of literary sources and approaches for the investment management of industrial digitalisation indicates the absence of complex solutions for this problem. In this regard, based on a comparative analysis, the authors have revealed the features of business development in the conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and justified the need for modern information systems integration for enterprise management on the platform of business processes digitalisation. In order to create the road map of business digital innovations, it is suggested that the Theory of Constraints should be used to determine which of the operating information systems of the enterprise (Business intelligence - BI; Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP; Manufacturing Execution System - MES; Industrial Internet of Things - IIoT) is to begin the digital transformation with. The stages of the project development for the digital transformation of an enterprise are designed based on the structural approach. The economic justification for the selection of alternative digitalisation projects is based on an assessment of the labour costs for implementing two variants of digital innovation of a business entity: a complex automation project with upfront modelling and an integration automation project with the gradual implementation of a new information system. The assessment results have shown the economic benefits of implementing the integration project as it provides 1.58 times fewer labour costs and can be realized by use of universal package solutions such as Business Automaton Software (BAS). The analysis of the results of the implemented business digitalisation projects in Ukraine and the world as well as the potential of planned ones has allowed generalising the effects of their implementation and confirmed the need for further development of the mechanisms for the investment management of business digital innovations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Blockchain technology is widely used in accounting and auditing by powerful global manufacturers. Implementing blockchain in the enterprise increases the efficiency of accounting and auditing processes and system reliability, reducing the likelihood of errors and fraud. Some countries around the world, such as the USA and the United Kingdom, are actively using this technology in accounting and auditing. However, most countries are still in the early stages of implementing blockchain. In Ukraine and Kazakhstan, the modernization of accounting and auditing is gradually gaining momentum. One of the obstacles to the rapid development of blockchain is the lack of understanding of employees regarding the need to implement blockchain technology. The purpose of the study is to reveal the potential of blockchain in accounting and auditing by highlighting its functional features and assessing the opportunities to improve the workflow of accountants and auditors. The article defined the structure of blockchain, its main functions, advantages and disadvantages, compared it with traditional methods of accounting and auditing. The possibility of implementing smart contracts as a blockchain application in enterprises was emphasized and a comparative analysis of the platforms on which they are implemented was carried out. The study identified both positive and negative consequences of the technology's implementation. It is emphasized that blockchain does not guarantee complete protection against fraud, and the occurrence of transaction errors can lead to significant financial losses. Nevertheless, blockchain can significantly improve the functionality of accounting and auditing systems if the rules are followed. Blockchain adoption in enterprises is fully consistent with Ukraine's digital transformation strategy and Kazakhstan's Sustainable Development vision, but it requires significant investment and high-quality staff training to be successful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, interbank competition is gaining momentum, so the introduction and development of innovative technologies in the provision of banking services is becoming particularly relevant. In addition, the improvement of innovative technologies in the banking sector will ensure the efficient operation of the banking system and increase the level of the economy of Ukraine by increasing innovative ways of carrying out financial transactions. The goal is to study the prospects for the integration of financial technologies in the banking sector, to identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as threats and opportunities for the influence of these technologies in the banking industry. The theoretical and methodological main articles are the works of Ukrainian scientists on the implementation of banking innovations and financial technologies. Empirical and theoretical research methods were used in the research process, which made it possible to reveal the essence of the concept of innovative activity and innovative technologies. An analysis of modern promising innovative technologies in Ukraine and in the world was carried out. With the help of SWOT analysis, the strengths and weaknesses of innovative technologies, such as: ManuScan, electronic wallets, electronic payment systems, were investigated. Special attention was paid to the category of threats of such innovative technologies as hacking and virus attacks, since these innovative technologies are used in the banking and financial system at the state level. Innovative technologies are analyzed as a complete innovation of changes in the activity of the financial sphere of Ukraine with the aim of improving the use of the banking and financial sphere of Ukraine, increasing monetary transactions both on the territory of Ukraine and outside of it. The activity of banking institutions using the latest, improved financial products and services is considered. The practical value of the study is that it can become a basis for achieving stable and efficient functioning of banks in the future, as well as provide recommendations for the implementation of the latest electronic payment systems, which are currently gaining popularity [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's turbulent and unstable environment, international companies, including Ukraine and Georgia, are forced to move to technologies they did not plan to implement for some time and reconsider their strategic priorities. "Become digital or die" is the reality of the COVID-19 epidemic. Companies that will survive in the long run - those that have the best tools that allow them to be flexible, agile, agile; those who are better than others will be able to respond to changes in the product range, control and monitor their factories, regulate supply chains and will be able to use their workforce really anywhere. Mixed research methods were used to analyse the data. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study were the dialectical method of cognition, a systematic approach to the use of general provisions of economic theory. According to the research results, despite the serious positive transformations in the field of digitalization, there are a number of current and significant unresolved issues in the industry. It is established that the digital economy in Ukraine and Georgia, despite a number of existing problems, is developing dynamically. Organizations in various sectors of the economy are beginning to actively implement digital solutions, taking into account the specifics of their activities. Innovation is the engine of economic development, so attempts are made to find and create the most appropriate forms of organizational associations of innovative enterprises, alliances, within which strong cooperative ties can be established. The need for large-scale cooperation and coordination in the form of networking of participants in the innovation process becomes quite obvious, which provides them with a beneficial effect and corresponding competitive advantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to evaluate the involvement of public administration in addressing hybrid threats in cyberspace. A comparative analysis was conducted on the entities involved in combating hybrid threats in the digital realm in Ukraine, France, and Japan, utilising visual and graphic techniques. It was established that the prevalence of hybrid threats targeting the cyber domain is contingent upon adequate organisational support. The subjects of public administration in countering hybrid threats in cyberspace in Ukraine, France and Japan were indicated. It was determined that hybrid threats predominantly encompass challenges to a state's sovereignty, national security, public awareness, classified information, and communication. It is important to acknowledge many constantly evolving tactics and strategies employed in these threats. At the same time, there is potential to draw upon the experience of France and Japan and establish a separate entity in Ukraine dedicated to countering hybrid threats in cyberspace. Future research could explore the feasibility of implementing such a system in Ukraine, highlighting the key tasks, goals, competencies, authorities, functions, and operational objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The object of this study was the digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises under martial law. The problem being solved was to overcome obstacles that slow down the introduction of digital technologies into the business processes of small and medium-sized enterprises during periods of conflict or war. During the period of martial law, the consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises are instability, material losses, resource limitations, and security threats. Despite the reduction in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine during the military invasion by 29.39 %, most of them continued to function, adapting to the new conditions of the crisis situation. However, neither the crisis conditions nor the increase in Internet users prompted these enterprises to make significant changes in the use of digital technologies. This was due to a number of barriers, including the following. The lack of liquidity and financing, the forced nature of implementation, the need to constantly adapt business processes to external changes are more related to the crisis situation. Inappropriate digital tools, lack of package solutions, lack of sufficient knowledge and skills, low trust in the state, small size of the enterprise, lack of understanding of the need or direction of reformatting business processes do not depend on the state of war. Overcoming the barriers to digitization of small and medium-sized enterprises under martial law is envisaged through interaction and partnership with other stakeholders. Cooperation and partnership are based on financial and informational support, training, platform model, and shared use of resources. The necessity and possibility of applying the developed proposals to overcome the barriers of digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises under the conditions of martial law predetermines the practical significance of reported results [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the current problems of digitalisation of the economy in the context of the transformation of the labour market and employment. The study notes that in the current economic conditions, the digitalisation of the economy is becoming a lever that significantly affects the labour market and changes its situation. The changes in the structure of vacancies, in the context of work, and in the professional competencies of the workforce are determined. The authors conclude that the digitalisation of the economy is a complex process that creates both additional opportunities and threats, especially in terms of employment. These trends and features draw the attention of many scholars to this topic and make it very relevant. The purpose of the article is to further develop theoretical provisions and practical recommendations on the impact of digitalisation of the economy on the transformation of the labour market and employment. The object of research is the process of labour market transformation, which is influenced by the digitalisation of the economy. The subject of the study is the theoretical and practical aspects of the impact of economic digitalisation on the transformational changes taking place in the labour market. The main results of the study: the evolution of the concept of ‘digital economy’ is investigated, the approaches of different authors to its essence are presented; the indicators of the labour market and employment in Ukraine are assessed, its features and development trends are determined; the essence of the concept of ‘digitalisation of the economy’ is clarified and specified; a conceptual scheme of digitalisation of the economy is proposed and substantiated; the opportunities and threats of the impact of the digitalisation of the economy on the labour market are summarised, as well as the expected results and possible consequences for employment are considered; measures of state regulation of employment are proposed in terms of opportunities and threats of the digitalisation of the economy to the labour market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, it can be stated that ensuring cybersecurity in the field of critical information infrastructure and digital financial services is one of the key tasks of the legislator, given the possible catastrophic consequences of cyberattacks both at the state level and in the private sector of the economy. Therefore, there is a tendency to qualitatively update the legal norms in the field of critical information infrastructure security. Despite the fully developed national legislation in the field of critical information infrastructure security, the issue of ensuring cybersecurity of the state's critical information infrastructure against cyber risks remains extremely relevant. The legal regulation of relations in the field of protection of critical infrastructure and digital financial services from cyber threats is not sufficiently addressed in publications, which mainly analyse certain areas of cybersecurity. The above leads to a comprehensive study of this issue, the relevance of which is determined by the specifics of the economic sectors in which cyber risks (cyber incidents) lead to devastating consequences and financial losses. The purpose of the study is to determine the criteria for classification of critical information infrastructure facilities, to identify the necessary elements in ensuring the protection of critical information infrastructure, and to outline the areas of ensuring the reliability and security of digital Based on the analysis of current trends in the legal regulation of cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure and digital financial services, the author formulated a scientific and theoretical conclusion that critical information infrastructure facilities can be classified according to the criterion of the area of functioning and the subject criterion. This division, in addition to the general outlines of this category, will provide a thorough understanding of the research issue in further scientific developments, delve deeper into the understanding of its essence and provide additional features and clearly defined boundaries of the category "critical information infrastructure objects". In addition, it was determined that professional development, cyber awareness of society and scientific and technical support for cybersecurity are important elements in ensuring the protection of critical information infrastructure. In turn, the author describes the directions and ways to ensure the reliability and security of digital services throughout their entire life cycle in order to achieve a balance between the needs of society, the domestic market, the economy of the State and the necessary cybersecurity measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reveals the content of the concept of European legal standards in the area of digitalization of the judiciary adopted as mandatory or as recommendatory typical legal principles and norms fixed (contained) in common sources of law (acquis communautaire) of the European legal system. They are the minimum legal requirements for the organization and implementation of e-justice for the EU member states. The application of these standards takes place in the course of their implementation by national laws of both the EU member states and states that are guided by the legal values of the EU and/or seek to acquire EU membership, like Ukraine. The normative basis, goals and principles of ejustice in the EU are thoroughly analysed. The key positions on the digitalization of the judiciary, which are set out in the EU legal documents containing the relevant legal standards, are defined. Attention is drawn to the fact that the main elements of e-justice, implemented in Ukraine under the influence of European standards, can be considered the following: (i) conducting electronic office work, centralized storage of cases and other procedural documents in a single database; (ii) exchange of documents and information; (iii) electronic method of determining a judge (judgerapporteur) to consider a particular case; (iv) using information and communication technologies to investigate electronic evidence; (v) trial participation in the hearing via videoconference; (vi) adoption and publication of judicial acts in electronic form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Based on the extensive literature on the digital transformation of museums, this article explores how war museums can effectively use online media to fulfil their functions related to remembering, interpreting and debating war. The author focuses primarily on the context of ongoing armed conflict as war museums engage in a struggle, shaping, mobilizing and unifying narrative to support the war effort. The main part of the article is an analysis of the online activities of the Kyiv Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War during the first months of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The author analyses the online exhibitions, online projects and content of the official Museum's Facebook profile in order to explain how the War Museum uses its digital online resources to inform the local population and the international communities about the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and mobilize them to support the war effort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article considers the issues on banking competition interaction, the banking system's stability and efficiency. This research aims to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the banking competition that consists of structural and non-structural methods under the institutional changes' impact. The paper presents how this influences the banking system of Ukraine through its reformation in the banking competition level and how it interacts with indicators of stability and efficiency of the banks. In this study's frame, the authors applied a developed approach to the modified model of Panzar-Rosse regarding the banking activity in Ukraine after it has been rebooted and «cleansed of». The systematization of the scientific background and approaches to assessing the level of banking competition in Ukraine noted that, generally, native authors used only one of the methods to assess the level of competition in the banking industry of Ukraine. Besides, their studies focused on the pre-crisis period, when these innovations hadn't significantly affected the banks' activity changes. The importance of solving this scientific problem is identifying problems in the banking system and taking measures to eliminate them, using the comprehensive assessment of the banking competition level, considering the explanatory indicators of the banks' stability. This issue became critical after a significant reduction in the number of banking institutions in Ukraine and the change in the institutional structure of the banking system of Ukraine under the influence of financial innovations. The study into assessing the level of competition in the banking market of Ukraine is carried out in the following logical sequence: 1) considering the studies on the given subject; 2) describing the existing methods for assessing competition in the banking industry; 3) describing the proposed modified methods of the assessing the level of banking competition; 4) providing proposals regarding the improving banking competition in Ukraine. The study's period is 2015-2019. The research object is the banking system of Ukraine. The article presents an empirical analysis of the current level of competition in the banking market of Ukraine. The findings showed that the banking sector of Ukraine is characterized by monopolistic competition, which is characterized by increasing concentration in the market of the state-owned banks. The study empirically confirms and theoretically proves that some Ukrainian banks have increased their market share due to a decrease in the number of banks in recent years due to the influence of digital transformation. The results of this study could be beneficial for the use of proposed innovative approaches to assessing the level of banking competition in Ukraine in the future, for the bank owners (including small ones), also on proposals for the perspective development of neo-banks in Ukraine, in which there is a need not only for the banking system but also for the users of banking services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Such a timely phenomenon in the modern world as digitalization can become a tool for achieving sustainable development goals. But it is new, and its benefits and threats are not well understood. This problem can be partially solved by creating economic and mathematical models for assessing the impact of digitalization on sustainable development. Nonetheless, most of the existing models in this field are devoted to defining the impact of digitalization on the economic aspects of countries' activities, and environmental ones are either ignored or presented approximately, with significant abstraction. Despite this, the objective of the paper is to develop and implement an economic and mathematical model, which in a generalized form can be used for different countries of the world, subject to its certain adaptation and detailing of national indicators. This approach allows to take into account the difference in the social and economic situation of countries and levels of their digitalization, which makes it possible to draw more valid conclusions based on the results of estimations. The proposed model is built on the basis of the system dynamics method, which takes into account the path-dependence, and is implemented on the example of Ukraine. With its help, two computational experiments were carried out: an inertial one (a forecast for 5 years, provided that all the current patterns of digitalization of the country's economy are preserved) and a scenario, in which patterns of investing in digital capital in Ukraine change (to the patterns of European countries - Spain and Hungary), while maintaining the rest conditions unchanged. Using this model, it was defined that digital equipment and technologies as part of the environmental capital of the Ukrainian industry, as well as non-digital equipment and technologies, have an extremely small impact on reducing energy consumption and do not contribute to a significant reduction in the air pollution. Provided that the current situation persists (the inertial scenario), emissions of pollutants into the air in 2024 may even grow by 0.8% compared to 2019. During the experiment on investment patterns‟ replacement in Ukraine with the patterns of Hungary and Spain, it was found that despite the change in the nature and (in the case of Hungary) the direction of investments in digital equipment and technologies, which significantly affected their amount (both in manufacturing and environmental capital), while the rest conditions for the functioning of industry remain unchanged, the indicators of value added, energy consumption, employees‟ sickness rate and air pollution level stay practically the same as before such a replacement. Therefore, the "blind" copying of the digitalization practices of other countries, while maintaining unchanged other conditions, without taking into account the peculiarities of the national institutional environment, the degree of development of science and technology, is inappropriate, since it does not lead to an improvement in the situation in Ukraine. The general conclusion is that digitalization by itself is not able to reverse the current unfavorable trends in development of Ukraine for the better. It is necessary to achieve fundamental changes in the growth of the real sector of the economy on an innovative basis, in the amount and structure of investments, in the propensity of economic entities to invest, which is now at a low level, and also to form an integral industrial-digital ecosystem, similar to European ones, but taking into account the heterogeneity of European economies and their experience, as well as the characteristics of the current state and dynamics of development of the technical, technological and institutional environment of Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many citizens left Russia due to increasing government repression, the fear of mobilization, or to escape the economic downturn. As yet, reliable statistical data on those who left are not available. Hence, much remains unknown about the characteristics and scope of this population. In the digital age, people prepare their journeys by searching online and these digital traces provide clues about their intentions and the scale of mobility events. OBJECTIVE: Here we aim to leverage this resource of search engine data to study geographic, temporal, and demographic trends in the international mobility intentions of Russian residents. METHODS: Our analysis combines search queries provided by the search engine Yandex with citylevel data on sociodemographic and geographic characteristics. We examine two mobility events, the first after the start of the invasion and the second after mobilization started. We explore the relationships between cities' sociodemographic characteristics and the number of mobility-related searches during those events using a set of generalized linear models. CONCLUSIONS: We find that regional indicators of wage levels were less important in the second wave and the proximity of a country of interest increased fourfold in importance. These and other results support dominant narratives in the media about a potential Russian brain drain, particularly during the first wave, and about the scale of the outflow. CONTRIBUTION: This work combines spatial data on sociodemographic characteristics with search engine data to understand the mobility patterns of Russian nationals from Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Our findings confirm the potential of Yandex search engine data as a novel data source for informing migration and mobility research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]