Investment Policy of the Region in the Age of Informatization and New Industrialization (on the Example of Sverdlovsk Region)

The urgency of the problem investigated in the paper is due to the fact that the stable functioning and development of business entities, sectors of the economy, regions, and the country cannot be implemented without investments. However, the modern paradigm of regional development requires new approaches in the conduct of investment policy, resulting from the change of strategic priorities in the formation of spatial development strategies. The need to develop innovative technologies, the introduction of digital technologies in the implementation of technological processes in many sectors of the economy leads to increased investment policy in the regions. It is worth noting that the implementation of the investment policy of the regions is complicated by crisis phenomena and unfavorable political situation in the world, which causes a slowdown in economic growth in the country. The purpose of the paper is to study the issues of identifying innovative investment projects aimed at introducing modern information systems (using the example of Sverdlovsk Region). The leading method in the study of this problem is the statistical one, which is a method of quantitative analysis of a multitude of homogeneous facts, which in the aggregate cause the transition of quantitative changes into qualitative ones. The paper presents the results of analysis and evaluation of a number of indicators characterizing the investment policy of the region. Furthermore, an assessment of the volume of investments in the introduction and implementation of innovative information systems which ensure the improvement of the infrastructure of the studied area has been carried out. The materials of the paper are of practical value for professionals involved in the realization of digital technologies in the implementation of the investment policy of the region. Keywords—region, investment policy of the region, regional informatization, information systems.