About Digital Transformation of the Enterprise in the Context of Systemic Economic Theory

The purpose of the article is to develop a model of digital transformation of an enterprise in the context of systemic economic theory. The relevance of the goal is determined by the large-scale transition of the world economy to digital functioning formats. Preliminary modeling of digital transformation will allow the enterprise to calculate the economic effect of its implementation, to identify changes in relations with its partners and competitors, the impact of these changes on the dynamics of the market value of resources and finished products. The objective of the article is to formulate a model that describes not only the digital transformation project itself, but also its relationship with the external environment of the enterprise, the processes of supply and sale of finished products. The article forms the hypothesis that the systemic economic theory allows you to create a model of digital transformation of the enterprise. This model has the following scientific novelty. 1. It substantiates the possibility and adequacy of the description of the relationships between the components of an economic tetrad (a complex of object, design, process and environmental systems) through a change in financial flows and indicators during the digital transformation of an enterprise. 2. The proposed model allows us to describe the impact of the digital transformation of the enterprise not only on its activities, but also on changes in the market environment of this enterprise, taking into account the changes in supply and demand for resources needed for the functioning of the transformed enterprise, as well as for the products it sells, resulting from the digital transformation of the enterprise. 3. Taking into account changes in the market environment surrounding the transformed enterprise allows integrating the mechanism of market competition into the economic tetrad. 4. The model of digital transformation of the enterprise allows you to explore the interactions of financial and economic processes that enhance and transmit the resulting effects of digital transformation along the vertical and horizontal of network space of economic tetrads. The proposed simulation will simplify the transition to digital transformation and the use of scenario analysis; increase the predictability of the results of digital transformation, reducing the risk of its negative consequences.

digitalization of economics, systemic economic theory, economic systems, space-time approach, theory of economic systems, financial flow management

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