Analysis highlights substantial changes in economic processes due to cloud technology integration, suggesting new organizational architectures.
This article explores the conceptual foundations of economic processes transformation in enterprises under the influence of cloud technology integration in conditions of accelerated digitalization. The evolution of cloud technologies has been studied and their classification systematized in the context of multi-level impact on enterprise economic functioning. An original multi-level model of economic process transformation has been proposed, encompassing operational, tactical, and strategic levels of organizational functioning, demonstrating the systemic nature of changes under the influence of cloud solutions. At the operational level, a fundamental reconfiguration of core economic processes through routine operation automation, production workflow optimization, and labor productivity enhancement has been identified. The tactical level is characterized by substantial changes in value creation mechanisms, customer interaction pathways, and partner collaboration approaches. The strategic transformation level manifests through the formation of fundamentally new organizational architectures, radical industry structure changes, and competitive mechanism reconceptualization in the digital economy. Five key mechanisms of cloud technologies' influence on enterprise economic processes have been identified: virtualization, service orientation, elasticity, integration, and democratization, which form the technological foundation for dynamic enterprise adaptation to changing market conditions. The transformation of organizational structures and communication patterns under the influence of cloud solutions has been studied, particularly the transition from hierarchical structures with vertical information flows to network organization forms with horizontal communications and decentralized decision-making. Value creation mechanisms through cloud-enabled economic frameworks have been analyzed, manifesting in resource allocation reformulation, delivery architecture reconfiguration, and value capture transformation. Based on the Technology-Organization-Environment model, the necessity of a comprehensive approach to forming adaptive strategies for cloud technology integration considering technological capabilities, organizational readiness, and environmental influence has been substantiated. Practical recommendations regarding cloud solution implementation as strategic catalysts for economic process transformation rather than merely technological infrastructure improvements have been developed, requiring fundamental changes in resource management approaches and organizational economic structures.
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