Study on the operation mode of knowledge market supporting knowledge share in supply chain

Based on Davenportpsilas theory of internal knowledge market, knowledge market in supply chain is presented for the purpose of facilitating the flow and share of knowledge. And the operation mode of knowledge market in supply chain is built from the aspects of components, trade patterns and trade rules. The components are composed of knowledge demanders, suppliers, broker and trade environment; the trade patterns include spontaneous trade (enterprise to enterprise), core enterprise as an organizer (enterprise to core enterprise) or outsourcing (enterprise to the third party). At last, the problems and the prospect of knowledge market in supply chain are discussed in this paper.