Profile-based configuring of knowledge supply networks in the global business information environment

Modem major trends of knowledge-dominated economy are (i) from "capital-intensive business environment" to "intelligence-intensive business environment" and (ii) from "product push" strategies to a "consumer pull" management. Interest in global businesses and such a new form of co-operation as Knowledge Supply Network (KSNet) is growing along with increasing use of Internet-based engineering and management technologies. Profile-based approach for KSNet configuration is a approach to configuration of knowledge sources in order to improve knowledge efficiency for decision making over total KSNet facility life-time. This paper discusses a generic methodology of KSNet configuration in the global business information environment (BIE) based on Knowledge Management and Multi & Intelligent Agents Technologies.