云计算的出现极大颠覆了现有信息技术使用模式，进而引发了企业的供应链结构向内部“网络群组化”和外部“社交网络化”转变，从而创造新的IT价值。然而，理论上至今还没有在这方面展开深入研究。因此，本课题遵从IT价值创造研究的范式，从供应链结构的视角来研究云计算的价值创造机理。首先基于扩展的资源基础理论提出三种云计算相关资源（IT基础设施灵活性、渠道伙伴网络性及云与商业协同性），进而研究其对企业供应链内部组织结构、外部网络结构及供应链绩效的影响机理，并引入基于技术、组织和环境（TOE）理论框架的情境和调节变量，以考察云计算的价值创造差异。并通过问卷调查300家使用云计算企业的数据来对理论模型进行验证。本课题聚焦于云计算在供应链中的价值创造问题，创新性的将云计算、IT价值与供应链结构联系起来，基于扩展的资源基础理论来解释云计算影响供应链结构进而创造价值的机理，为供应链中企业实践云计算技术提供理论支持。

The emergence of cloud computing greatly changed the usage model of existing information technology. The supply chain structure will converted to “internal group networking” and “external social networking ” in cloud era, then creating new business value. However, little researches focus on this phenomenon.Therefore, complying with the IT value creation research paradigm, this study researches the value creation of cloud computing from the perspective of supply chain structure. First, we propose three cloud related resources (flexible IT Infrastructure, channel network capability and cloud/business synergy) based on the extended resource-based view (ERBV), then we use the data from 300 cloud computing used firms to investigate the relationships between the cloud related resources, supply chain structure and supply chain performance. Then, we introduce the context and moderator variables based on the Technology, Organization & Environment (TOE) framework to investigate the different value of cloud computing. This study focuses on the value creation of cloud computing in supply chain contexts. We innovative integrated with the research area of cloud computing, IT business value and supply chain management, and use ERBV to explain the impact of cloud computing on supply chain structure and performance. This study to some extent fills the current cloud computing research gap and provides scientific guidance for firm’s cloud computing practice in supply chain contexts.