A knowledge management based framework as a way for SME networks integration

This paper initially introduces specificities of small and medium enterprises (SME) networks, then deals with the recent evolution of the Knowledge Management (KM). In coherence with this evolution, we describe a knowledge management process based on a community of practices which can be applied to these types of groups. The main conclusion is that knowledge management projects provide a good manner for SME networks to facilitate and increase the collaboration rate as well as to share knowledge, allowing them to make collaborative work more efficient.