Knowledge-based groups or communities are complex systems that emerge, evolve and mature through stages that display specific features and capabilities of the community or group. Understanding these capabilities and features are fundamental to building sustainable economic, social and learning...

Knowledge-based communities are important but poorly understood systems for helping enterprises maintain their organizational integrity and address organizational imperatives. Based on an autopoietic theory of organization, we examine the emergence and development of knowledge-based communities...

PLM (Project Lifecycle Management) refers to the computer-aided management of the information life-cycles of complex and costly projects. Things requiring management include definitions of products, their structural subassemblies and components, plus associated technical data, drawings,...