A design theory for collaborative interorganizational knowledge management systems

Authore(s) : Amandine PASCAL || Aix-Marseille Université CNRS - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail

Volume : (3), Issue : 211, February - 2019

Abstract : This paper addresses the design problem of providing IT support to organizational knowledge creation within a geographical cluster. This study is based on a design science approach that serves to successfully introduce and implement a new IT artefact as a tool for interorganizational knowledge management. We draw on a case study of developing a portal for mapping competencies in an IT cluster in France. Abstracting from the experience of building this system, we developed an IS design theory for collaborative interorganizational knowledge management systems.

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