In general, the development of KM practices entails three interrelated processes, which are mainly concerned with knowledge acquisition, knowledge conversion, and knowledge application. The knowledge acquisition process is concerned with the development of organizational capabilities to obtain and accumulate knowledge; the knowledge conversion process is more concerned with making existing knowledge useful, which entails the development of organizational capabilities to organize, integrate, coordinate, and disseminate knowledge. Finally, knowledge application is mainly concerned with the use of knowledge; this entails the development of organizational capabilities to retrieve, share, and apply knowledge.