Electronic Document Interchange in Russia: Barriers and Prospects of Development

Abstract

Electronic document interchange is one of the digital technologies, which is designed to increase the efficiency of business-processes by saving two key resources: labor and time. Electronic document management systems can be implemented in a level of an individual enterprise, as well as at inter-corporate and international levels. Despite the significant advantages that are assumed by the use of electronic document management systems, the process of spreading this technology is slowed for some reasons, such as gaps in the law and psychological barriers of employees. The research of opportunities and risks associated with the prevalence of electronic document interchange, the study of the institutional conditions for its development, the forms of its organization and specific features of its implementation is a necessary condition for improving the process of its spreading in Russian economic practice.