KP Service Abbreviation

Beginning of Pulsing Signal

Key Population

Keypad Information Element

Key Pulse Signal

Knowledge Portal

Knowledge Portal (KPs) are highly integrative Knowledge Management Systems (KMSs) that promise to synthesize widely dispersed knowledge and to interconnect individuals in order to provide a ‘one-stop knowledge shop’. Yet, KPs face major challenges in practice, as the intricacies of knowledge exchange are subject to varied individual and social factors. At the same time, growing anecdotal evidence from case studies indicates KPs’ enormous potential. In this paper, we take some initial steps towards a theory for KPs that more distinctly conceptualizes KPs and emphasizes a KP’s role to unify networking and repository KMS features.