This paper introduces a reflection on the types of data to accessed by be extended company's employees from the Knowledge Management viewpoint. This leads us to distinguish between three types of data: main-stream-data, shared-data, and source-of-knowledge-data. In that way, as distinguishing...

Under the influence of globalization,and the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)that modify radically our relationship with space and time, the hierarchical company locked up on its local borders becomes an Extended Company, without borders, opened and adaptable. In this...

After a brief description of the role and functions of digital information systems, we examine, within the conception of these systems, the decisive breaks resulting from technological advances. Then, we clarify the problem of “capitalizing on company’s knowledge” in order to introduce a...