Conceptual provisions for ensuring balanced development of railway transport enterprises under the conditions of implementation of digital changes in the industry

Today, the world is experiencing an era of radical changes caused by the rapid introduction of digital technologies into all types of economic and social activities. Digital technologies change not only individual sectors of the economy, but also transform the entire system of global economic relations, creating enormous opportunities for sustainable business development and increasing the competitiveness of countries. The technologies of big data, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, and robotics shape the leadership potential of national economies in the global system of highly effective digital communications and determine their future place on the geo-economic map of the world. Aware of the importance of digital technologies for the development of new horizons of activity in sectors strategic for the economy and ensuring their inclusive development, already today the leading states are implementing a large-scale policy of digital transformation of the country, focused on restructuring business processes, competencies and models of operation of industry, transport, trade, system public administration and education.

As mentioned in the previous sections of this monograph, the key driver for the digital transformation of Ukraine's economy is the process of digitalization of infrastructure industries and, above all, domestic railway transport, the activity of which creates a multiplier effect, which is manifested in the ability not only to satisfy the needs of business entities in transportation, but also to stimulate the growth of economic activity in related industries by forming demand for products of metallurgy, instrument and wagon building, chemical and fuel and energy complexes.