Analyzing an information system through knowledge’s point of view causes a change that, inevitably, engenders the awareness of the importance of the human and sociocultural dimensions to improve its performances. This chapter, based on a Model for Global Knowledge Management within the...

The electronic marketplaces, as an inter- organisational information system, are not limited to a simple transactional dimension. Indeed, those having survived the consolidation phase gradually widened their functions and contribute to a new competing dynamics. The latter is at the origin of the...