The article reveals, systematizes and characterizes theoretical problems and contradictions in the development of an industrial enterprise in the conditions of the formation of the information economy, including: the interaction of enterprises of "non-material" and material production in the information economy; the problem of the contradiction between production and consumption in the information society; the problem of the isolation and integration of enterprises in the information economy; the problem of the ratio of the price of production and profit; the problem of competition as the driving force of economic development, and the protection of national enterprises; the problem of human capital; the problem of accessibility of information and adequacy of people's desires and needs.