Methodical approaches to the formalized assessment of developmental regularities of blockchain technologies in regions of Russia

Abstract

© 2019, Research Trend. All rights reserved. Methodical approaches to the formalized assessment of demand for blockchain technology in the regions of Russia through the prism of a reputational economy. Development of theoretical and methodological bases for quantitative assessment of the level of blockchain technologies penetration into the socio-economic system of the regions, followed by analysis revealing the features of the distribution of the Volga Federal District regions according to the ratio of demand for blockchain technologies and their economic potential level. A key feature of the study is the proposed preliminary version of the conceptual approach to quantifying the region's reputation capital index in the field of blockchain technologies. This will allow the transition from qualitative assessments concerning the development of the process under study and its influence on key parameters of regional development to formalized ones based on the application of economic and statistical modelling methods. The reputation capital dynamics in the regions of the Volga Federal District in the field of blockchain technologies for the period from 2010 to 2018 has been assessed. The data obtained demonstrate an increasing, wavy trend of the aggregated index. The regions-leaders in terms of the blockchain technologies development and also lagging territories are defined, followed by the argumentation of the identified patterns causing the differentiated nature of the regional “blockchainization”.