The International Knowledge Management Network (IKMN), which
started in Europe in 1989, went online in 1994. It was soon joined by the
Knowledge Management Forum, based in the United States. Shortly thereafter,
many other KM-related groups and publications started appearing. There was
a tremendous increase in the number of knowledge management conferences
and seminars as organizations focused on managing explicit and tacit
knowledge and leveraging these resources to achieve competitive advantage.
In the same year, IKMN published the results of a knowledge management
survey conducted among European firms. In 1995 the European Community
began offering funding for KM-related projects through its ESPRIT program.