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Knowledge Management Body (KMS) occurs as distributed hypermedia system for managing knowledge in organisations, supporting creation, capture, storage & disemination of expertness and cognition. Kilometre occurs as commercial body from either Knowledge Systems, Inc. running on workstations, based on previous research with ZOG at Carnegie Mellon University.

Imaginatik
Offers software and research in innovation. Features company profile, description of services, articles, and contacts.

Innovation Network: Corporate Innovation & Creativity
The Innovation Network is an association of companies and employees committed to innovation. The site features some interesting articles as well as some fun tools related to innovation

Product Development and Management Association
Founded in 1976, the PDMA is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization with the mission to improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing new products, covering new goods as well as services

The Miami Herald - Daydreaming can pay off if employees share their ideas
An interview with Charles Thompson of the Creative Group, talking about the value that companies can get through idea sharing and a formalised idea management program

Information Week Article - "A Timely Notion Worth Considering"
Tony Kontzer wrote this piece that was amongst the first public articles explicitly linking idea management and knowledge management together. It also includes a run down of some of the better-known vendors and includes the now-wellknown quote that "Idea Management could rescue knowledge management from oblivion" by BaseX analyst Jon Spira

Ideadollar - Turning ideas into products
Although IdeaDollar is now a dead and defunct internet company, the concept behind this company is still incredibly interesting - and may yet have its place in commerce at some point. Companies like IdeaDollar were the first to take idea management to the public - capturing ideas, paying submitters a nominal (virtual) amount and then attempting to develop the good ideas as a product development company.

Corporate Innovation Blog
A daily blog - focuses on Innovation, Knowledge Management and Idea Management Research. Contains not only original research, but also highlights articles and web sites in the topics covered.

InnovationTools
A portal that features a collection of software tools, articles, news, and links for developing creative solutions for businesses.

C. W. Prather & Associates
A resource company that helps individuals and companies with creative thinking, problem solving, and innovation with training programs and consulting. It focuses on the management of ideas so they go somewhere.

Bringing Ideas to Life: Seven Principles for Pulling Together
Bring an idea to life by developing the idea and enhancing relationships with coworkers simultaneously. By Rick Maurer, in CEO Refresher.