Much of the Knowledge Management (KM) literature assumes that all relevantknowledge can be represented as information and 'managed'. But the meaning of informationis always context-specific and open to subsequent reinierpretation. Moving over time or betweencontexts affords scope for new...

Current advances in information technology and, in particular, compteer-aided design / computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and enterprise resources planning (ERP)systems have led organizations to undetake significant investments in these systems. Nextgeneration manufacturers require both...

Trust, rather than being simply a resource for establishing collaborative relationships between organizations,is an essential component of their constitution. At base, trust involves interpersonal relations of a specifictype. These are relations where there is sufficient probability that a...