Among other governmental, industrial, and academic uses, the results of GKEC research and discussions will help in drafting policies affecting the operation of world s knowledge economies. As the primary vehicle for fostering international knowledge economics cooperation, GKEC s goal is to provide a knowledge economics forum for the advancement of the knowledge science, knowledge technology, knowledge production, and knowledge markets sectors of the emerging global knowledge industry. The GKEC is dedicated to providing its global Members and constituents with a greater understanding and awareness of the dynamics of improving rates of innovation and innovation diffusion in the knowledge economy. GKEC worldwide membership will include governments, international organizations, economists who are keyed into knowledge economics, and knowledge management practitioners and representatives from the private sector. South Africa is the first nation to express interest in joining, and membership discussions with New Zealand are scheduled for May of this year.
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The Global Knowledge Economics Council intends to be of significant assistance to its members and participants in its first year of operations. Its first research program on Knowledge Unit Production was started in early February 2001. The inaugural GKEC meetings in September 2001 promise to be a mind-shifting experience for theorists and practitioners of knowledge economics, as attention is focused on knowledge commodity production other key global knowledge economics concerns. The GKEC meetings will lead international efforts to promote the development and greater awareness and understanding of leading knowledge industry policies and practices. GKEC-published reports and papers will increase the body of knowledge and help organizations understand the management and allocation of scarce knowledge commodity production resources.