Knowledge management often generates theories that are too general or abstract to be easily testable. In some cases, simulation modeling can help. [WE have developed] an agent-based simulation model derived from a conceptual framework, the Information Space or I-Space and use it to explore the differences between a neoclassical and a Schumpeterian information environment.
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Boisot, M. H., Canals, A., & MacMillan, I. (2004). "Simulating I-Space (SIS): An agent-based approach to modeling knowledge flows." Working papers of the Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.