Exploring the Management Perspective in the Formation of Digital Hub

Abstract

The rapid growth of the term digitalization was seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world. Digitization and ICT have become a part of people’s lives. Currently, the concept of digital or technological hubs is relevant. The purpose of forming those hubs was to interact with the stakeholders and provide them with the resources (technological services, competent ICT specialists, financial investments, qualitative training, accelerating start-ups, incubators) to come to the best solution as in the global questions arriving in the world by improving the network and ecosystem, also in business questions occurring in the society. The appropriate infrastructure is needed to form such hubs, including competent personnel, technologies, finances, markets, and other resources. The purpose of this article is to identify the level of ICT, management, business, economics, and students’ familiarity and interest in the digital hub concept and examine the influence of the number of universities on the number of students, number of graduated students, and employed population of 15-28 years old by economic activities. The methods of systematic literature review of foreign literature, quantitative survey, and correlation analysis were used in the paper. The students from different universities in Kazakhstan took part in the survey. The survey's findings revealed that the vast majority of aspiring specialists are enthusiastic and confident about their plans to work in the ICT industry.