Innovative Potential of the National Innovation System of the Russian Economy for Building a Digital Economy

The article considers the readiness of the national innovation system of Russia to implement the technological concept of industry 4.0 and digitalization of the economy on the basis of the methodology of innovative potential of the object of innovation. Indicators of global economic growth such as state of the labor market, capital market and performance of technology of the economy, as well as indicators of the global innovation index as a tool of global competitiveness in the development of the digital economy, characterizing the provision of innovation resources and the results of innovation in the economy were used as the basic characteristics of the innovative potential of Russia. The study showed that Russian economy has sufficient intellectual potential and willingness of labor resources to use technology. However, the lack of financial sources for financing innovation entails a number of negative consequences: low innovation activity in manufacturing industries, and insufficient introduction of high technologies in business, weak development of small innovative business in the country, insufficient investment attractiveness of the information technology sector due to low creative activity and insufficient intangible value of business in this sector. The reliability of the research conclusions confirms their coincidence with the results of studies of the digital economy in Russia, conducted by other methods.