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It is often helpful to view the process of Knowledge Management as a series of transactions [ii] or activities between entities (people and or organizations). These activities are Buying (buyers seeking knowledge), Brokering (connecting those buying with those selling), and Selling (holders of knowledge that are selling that knowledge). The currency of transactions between these activities is relevant knowledge. The interesting part of thinking in terms of an economic transaction is that each entity has the ability to decide whether to participate in a given transaction. The broker can decide if there is value in connecting a buyer to a seller. The seller can decide if there is value in “selling” knowledge to a buyer, and the buyer can decide to seek out a seller through a broker or some other means. There are costs associated with each activity, and each participant must judge the value of their participation. Thus some may forgo participation if the knowledge to be transacted is not considered worthy of the price. 它往往是有帮助的意见的过程中的知识管理作为一系列交易的[二]或活动的实体之间的（人民和或组织） 。这些活动是购买（买家求知） ，中间商（连接那些购买与销售者） ，和销售（持有人的知识是出售知识） 。货币之间的交易，这些活动的相关知识。有趣的部分是思想而言，一个经济交易的是，每个实体有能力来决定是否参加某个鉴于交易。经纪人可以决定，如果有价值在连接买方卖方。卖方可以决定，如果有价值的“卖东西”的知识，一个买方，买方可以决定寻求卖方透过经纪或一些其他手段，有相关费用的每一项活动，每名参加者必须在法官的价值，他们的参与，以致有可能放弃参与，如果知识，交易并不认为值得的价格。
[ii] Davenport and Prusak refer to this as “The Political Economy of Knowledge Markets” in their book Working Knowledge . [二]达文波特和普鲁萨克指这是“政治经济学的知识市场”在其预订的工作知识 。
