DIGITAL INSTITUTES OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION IN INDUSTRY 4.0

This paper considers the current problems of knowledge and information systems management, which are solved with the help of digital institutes for the purpose of the development of high-tech production in the conditions of Industry 4.0. The paper identifies the role of knowledge in the innovative development of industrial production, characterises the specifics of the influence of digital technologies on the technological development of companies and production processes, and focuses on the sensitivity of high-tech production to the level of intellectual support of production processes. Emphasis is made on the necessity of using comprehensive digital institutes, which can expand the boundaries of production companies and use the potential of digital platforms and systems in full. The research methodology combines traditional and new scientific directions and institutional theories in disciplines that study the research problem in the context of an increase in the intellectualisation of labour in the conditions of Industry 4.0. The research methodology covers general scientific methods of synthesis, analysis, the monographic method, observation, generalisation, and comparison. The paper contains important thoughts regarding the features of digital institutes from the position of their formation and influence on knowledge management in high-tech companies. It considers the structure and functions of the digital institutes of knowledge and information systems management in the conditions of Industry 4.0 and characterises selected institutes in the context of their influence on the digital transformation of the economy and the improvement of the state of knowledge management.