Digital Transformation of Russian Enterprise and Human Capital Development: Challenges and Opportunities

In a modern economy, information plays a dual role. On the one hand, it acts as a factor of production (resource), on the other hand, as a personal good (product). The digital economy is characterized by the fact that traditional factors of production (capital, labor, land) are supplemented with a new factor -information technology, which is becoming a key factor in all areas of socio-economic development. It is possible to become a leader in the digital transformation of the economy only through significant changes in the approach to the development of human capital. The article considers challenges and problems that Russian business and society faced when entering the era of the digital economy, primarily in terms of human capital development. The approaches of various researchers to the process of digital transformation of the business are examined, the directions and content of the main activities in the framework of the "Personnel for the Digital Economy" federal project are analyzed.