Congratulations to Sofia Paklina on Defending Her PhD Dissertation!

Junior Researcher at the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy at HSE Perm (IDLab), Sofia Paklina, successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled "Intangible Resources as a Strategic Factor in the Digital Transformation of Companies." The defense took place before the Dissertation Council on Economics at HSE. The scientific supervisor was Elena Shakina, Candidate of Economic Sciences and Senior Researcher at IDLab.

In the paper, Sofia Paklina examined intangible resources as a crucial factor for the successful development of companies in the context of global digitalization. The relevance of the topic is driven by the growing importance of intangible assets in the knowledge economy and the lack of research linking digital intangible resources with business performance. In her dissertation, Sofia Paklina identified the digital aspects of intangible resources, developed a system for measuring them, and conducted an empirical analysis of the relationship between these resources and business effectiveness. The results obtained will enable companies to modernize their approaches to managing intangible resources and their digital aspects.

Key Publications:

The results of the dissertation research have been published in international scientific journals indexed in Scopus:

• Jardón C., Molodchik M., Paklina S. Strategic behaviour of Russian companies with regard to intangibles // Management Decision. 2018. Vol. 56. No. 11. P. 2373-2390. (Q1)
• Paklina S., Parshakov P., Molodchik M. Digital relational capital of a company // Meditari Accountancy Research. 2018. Vol. 26. No. 3. P. 443-462. (Q1)
• Paklina S., Shakina E. Which professional skills value more under digital transformation? // Journal of Economic Studies. 2022. Vol. 49. No. 8. P. 1524-1547 (Q1)
• Паклина С. Н. Корпоративный веб-сайт как стратегический ресурс российских и европейских компаний // Вопросы экономики. 2023. № 2. С. 145–159 (Q3)

Scientific and Applied Projects:

Sofia Paklina's research was conducted within the framework of major scientific and applied projects, including:

• Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grants (No. 18-18-00270 and No. 23-78-10149);
• Strategic projects at HSE on digital transformation, analysis of ICT profiles of companies, and human success and autonomy in a changing world;
• Development of the MIRC analytical system;
• Consulting work on analyzing salaries of IT specialists for a high-tech regional company.

We congratulate Sofia Nikolaevna on her successful defense and wish her further scientific achievements!