Business Support in the Context of Digital Transformation

In Industry 4.0 the key factor for business success on the one hand is innovation, and on the other hand efficiency. The article is devoted to a new trend – business support in the context of digital transformation as an actual form of business development in the context of digitalization. The subject area of the research is the improvement of the company’s business processes based on the support of business and entrepreneurial activity to a more advanced, modern “digital” level. The research aims to substantiate the importance of the formation of business support in the company by improving cross-functional interaction and the development of modern business models of entrepreneurial activity. In the study, the authors examined the feasibility and necessity of digital business transformation; presented a practical justification for the importance of a business support system in the context of digital transformation; analyzed and identified the strategic importance of a business support system for the development of entrepreneurship in general. The results of the study are of practical importance. The authors determined the importance of business support through the external and internal environment; conducted a content analysis of the concepts of “business digitalization”, “cross-functional interaction”, “digital transformation”, “business support” and “digital tools”, determined their characteristics. The authors formulated and argued the importance of the use of digital technologies and the development of digital solutions in the context of digital transformation, in the possibility of using a model of a real business solution in the educational process, in business, startup. The authors argue that business support in the conditions of digitalization is extremely necessary for its maintenance, retention of competitive advantages. The types and types of business support, the dynamics of digitalization of companies are summarized. The readiness of companies to use digital tools has been studied, the goals and objectives of support within the business have been defined, key performance indicators of companies and the use of digital tools for effective business support have been identified.

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