1. A method for operating a knowledge market comprising: creating a knowledge base comprising a plurality of knowledge assets; assigning a strike value to each of the knowledge assets; and computing, by a processor, an earned value for each of the knowledge assets based on corresponding usage of each of the plurality of knowledge assets, wherein the assigning the strike value to each of the knowledge assets occurs before use of the knowledge asset, and wherein the strike value is determined for each of the plurality of knowledge assets using an estimate of importance of the knowledge asset and an estimate of replaceability of the knowledge asset.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting the strike value of a new knowledge asset based on the earned value of a similar knowledge asset from the plurality of knowledge assets.