Knowledge Networks

A knowledge network is a group of people, entities or organizations which capture, share existing and/or create new knowledge. This can be done, for example, by collecting relevant documents and summarizing them in order to extract new knowledge, by transferring implicit knowledge into new implicit knowledge, by storytelling or the use of metaphors, or by codifying know-how into documents in order to distribute them electronically. Knowledge networks are influenced by their environment, such as the managerial system in which they are acting and the surrounding culture; they conduct knowledge processes such as capturing, sharing and creating knowledge; and they are supported by tools such as information and communication tools as well as meeting time and rooms.