摘要：This paper presents the importance of Knowledge Management (KM) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and is explaining why KM in SMEs is distinct from KM in large companies. The concept of knowledge integration (KI) it is introduced by providing an overview of the ideas involved and how these are applied to SME’s. However,even the presentation of this concept is not complete,most important concepts (ex: Types of knowledge –general or NPD specific,Sources of knowledge – dichotomies,KI process,KI problems and solutions),will be presented.
