Theories of knowledge reuse posit two distinct processes: reuse for replication and reuse for innovation. We identify another distinct process, reuse for customization. Reuse for customization is a process in which designers manipulate the parameters of metamodels to produce models that fulfill...

Organizations require mechanisms to efficientlydistribute knowledge such as news releases, seminarannouncements, and memos. While the machinery forinformation storage, manipulation. and retrieval exists,research dealing directly with knowledge distribution inan organizational context is scarce....