CONTENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF TRADE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC SECURITY

Abstract

Digitalization of trade changes the content of business processes related to sales, settlements, procurement, logistics, inventory management and interaction with consumers. Information systems, data, digital sales channels and platform services are becoming part of the infrastructure on which the stability of a trade organization depends. The purpose of the study is to clarify the content of the economic security of a trade organization taking into account changes caused by digitalization. The study applies comparative analysis, systematization, scientific generalization and structural-functional analysis to Russian approaches to the economic security of business entities and to contemporary studies of digital transformation. It is shown that traditional approaches retain their theoretical significance, but do not fully reflect the direct dependence of trade processes on digital infrastructure and external platform services. It is substantiated that digitalization changes primarily the relationships between traditional resources and the digital processes through which business activity is carried out. On this basis, a refined definition of the economic security of a trade organization in the context of digitalization is proposed.