  At present, the economic measurement of the national statistical offices has
not defined or captured the benefits of the digital economy activity due to the
low quality or inexistence of methodologies. Currently, there is a relevant
debate on the capacity of the digital economy activity to generate
productivity, economic growth, and well-being through innovation and knowledge.
For this reason, this research identified and studied specialized knowledge,
human settlement, and digital economic activity as the factors that influence
regional economic growth. As a result, the impact generated by a new business
operating models based on information technology was measured. Furthermore,
this research used an empirical measurement model that made it possible to
identify certain phenomena such as regional poles of regional economic
development (PRDE) that surround economically flourishing regions. In addition,
it showed that municipalities with high degrees of economic growth were
impacted by digital economic activity and specialized knowledge. This finding
is consistent with economic growth theories that point to technological
evolution as the main factor of modern economic growth. Consequently, this
study contributed beneficial results to the local government to develop
strategies framed in solving industrial cooperation of economically flourishing
regions with their neighbors, facing the problem of agglomeration of resources
and capital reflected in human settlement promote an imbalance in economic
growth and social development.
