Digital Platforms for Network Innovation-Intensive Industrial Clusters: Essence and Characteristics

Abstract

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has largely contributed to the reorientation of the manufacturing industry (under the concept of Industry 4.0) towards the implementation and adaptation of such digital tools as big data, the Industrial Internet of Things, blockchain and many others to its own needs and the needs of the market. All the above technologies provide the basis for digital platforms, which are an essential activity component for network innovation-intensive industrial clusters; it follows that their essence and characteristics represent a relevant research area, which determines the novelty of this research. Thus, the research aims to establish the essence and identify the characteristics of digital platforms for network innovation-intensive industrial clusters as well as to develop a classification of digital platforms. The paper uses the following methods: general scientific methods (synthesis and analysis), methods of interpretation (including graphical ones) and comparison, the combination of which has made it possible to achieve the goals and objectives of the research, to reveal the essence and characteristics of digital platforms for network innovation-intensive industrial clusters. The results of the research are as follows: key concepts associated with the concept of a clustered economy have been revised, and the authors have developed their own definitions of "a network innovation-intensive industrial cluster" and "a digital platform for a network innovation-intensive industrial cluster"; the specifics of the innovative and digital potentials of such clusters have been considered in detail; the structure of digital platforms has been examined, the authors have suggested a classification of digital platforms based on the level and area of their utilization and on the scale of operations. The practical significance of the research results is determined by their applicability in the operations of innovation-intensive industrial clusters in terms of establishing the essence of their innovative and digital potentials and defining the role of and opportunities for using digital platforms in their dayto-day and strategic operations.

Stages of sustainable ESG development of SMART cluster ecosystems

“…One of the manifestations of this development is the formation of industrial clusters based on digital platforms, which are an association of interconnected and interacting organizations in a separate localized territory within the framework of related economic activities that have a single chain of product creation, a tendency to innovate, due to which the competitive advantages of participants are combined and synergetic effects are achieved [8].…”

Cenological approach in industrial ecosystem research in transition to industry 5.0

“…The concept of industrial ecosystems has received quite extensive coverage in modern research [1][2][3][4][5]. In previous works of the scientific team, which includes the authors, it is proved that under the conditions of transition to Industry 5.0 ecosystems have the greatest efficiency in comparison with networks and platforms [6,7]. The unique properties of industrial ecosystems enable us to consider them as promising forms of sustainable industrial transition to Industry 5.0, the formation of technological sovereignty and response to new big challenges.…”

Investment analysis of the formation of a digital platform of a cluster-type industrial ecosystem

“…In addition, the integration of participants on a single platform allows companies to reduce production risks, conduct an internal exchange of knowledge and experience between companies in the cluster, which increases the productivity of companies, the reliability of business processes, and the quality of goods. Another significant advantage of the industrial cluster is to increase the efficiency of innovation implementation at all stages of production [13].…”