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The article is a study of the prerequisites for the formation of the global digital divide, as well as its structural features, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors identify technological, economic and social components of the global digital divide. The authors analyze the indicators assessing the technological component of the global digital divide for the period 2015–2020. The authors used indicators of the dynamics of the global ICT market and the dynamics of the e-commerce market to study the economic component of the digital divide and the impact of the pandemic on it. It is concluded that the pandemic has increased the importance of digital technologies in general, as well as opportunities to reduce the global digital divide. The social component of the digital divide is manifested in the different levels of realization of the opportunities of individuals and households with the help of ICT technologies. The authors proved that the gap in access to digital technologies and their use contributes to the emergence of a divide in knowledge and human development opportunities. The article proposes public policy measures aimed at bridging the global digital divide. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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The article is devoted to the study of trends in the development of the Russian tourism industry, as well as determining the effects of sustainable tourism development for the regional economy, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors identified mainly positive dynamics in the tourism industry development in the period 2011–2019 (growth of gross value-added indicators of the tourism industry, expansion of tourist infrastructure, growth of employment in the sector, increase in paid tourist services for the population). The authors analyzed the practice of implementing the sustainable development concept in the activities of tourism organizations in Russia, as well as proved that such practices are fragmented, and regions with a high level of sustainable tourism development are practically absent. It is assumed that the crisis period of the COVID-19 pandemic was the starting point for the reorientation of the industry to the domestic and local tourism, changes in pricing mechanisms for tourist services, as well as the emergence of new forms of tourism that meet the principles of sustainable development. The effects of sustainable tourism development for the regional economy (economic and infrastructural, societal, digital, environmental) are described, as well as proposals for the implementation of state policies aimed at achieving them are formulated. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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The research is aimed at identifying specific problems of enterprise development during the pandemic, as well as justifying the need for an adaptive approach to enterprise management, ensuring its rapid adjustment to new conditions. The article proves that the pandemic acts as a stressor for the enterprise, being a traumatic event of a high level of negative valence. The pandemic causes various types of stress in the enterprise: stress for the company’s personnel associated with the threat of dismissal;stress related to uncertainty and unpredictability;stress associated with a reduction in the enterprise’s income. The systematization of managerial problems of enterprise development is carried out depending on the type of stress caused by the pandemic: problems of personnel management of the enterprise, problems of adaptation of the enterprise to a changing environment, problems of lack of financial resources. The article presents the author’s vision of solving managerial problems of enterprise development during the pandemic. The authors justified the need for an adaptive approach to the choice of tools for solving managerial problems of enterprise development during the pandemic. The solution to the problem of personnel management of an enterprise during a pandemic is possible by using stress management tools. Uncertainty and unpredictability require clear and prompt decisions on the management of production activities based on the use of predictive analytics tools. The article determines that lean manufacturing technologies can become a tool for overcoming the problem of financial resource scarcity. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.