The paper considers the special features of applying the concept of smart specialization in the old industrial coal-mining regions to implementing the strategy for future sustainable development of the regions, as well as providing recommendations for ensuring the compliance of the institutional environment in such regions of Ukraine with the principles and organizational requirements for the implementation of this concept. The research is methodologically based on the theoretical principles of the evolutionary economics, in particular, on the concepts of path dependency, lock-ins, and others. As an initial step towards creating new path development of old industrial coal-mining areas, the paper proposes to forming institutional and organizational foundations for the development of industries built on the principles of circular economy. It can be done by returning waste from coal-mining and coal enrichment into production cycles using innovative technologies. It is proved that in the case of the of smart specialization concept application in the conditions of the old coal-mining regions it should be necessary to take a number of institutional measures, the main ones of which are proposed in the paper.
Digitally tracing steel by country of origin has not been done for a supply chain The Issue Tools for trade and border activity are not optimizing Steel products and inputs are not comprehensively traced making it a challenge to know the quality and source of the steel Be able to say with assurance that a product uses Canadian or Foreign steel
Статтю підготовлено в рамках виконання НДР Інституту економіки промисловості НАН України «Формування інституційного середовища модернізації економіки старопромислових регіонів України» (номер держреєстрації 0118U004490).
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