(sorry, this came off a bit too sharp :) Thanks for all the input, anything is better than nothing of course!)
2013/4/8 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org
However, those numbers are not exactly what I'm looking for. I do not want to know what it would be worth as a company, or how much people are willing to pay for it. But how big is the impact? How much positive value does Wikipedia add to the world economy? I hope this number is significantly higher than what people would be willing to donate (although it would give a far low minimum).
2013/4/8 Anders Wennersten mail@anderswennersten.se
In preparation of the strategic planning a few years ago, we at the Audi committee made some calculation to estimate the theoretical potential of donation from different perspectives, like what other NGO got.
We then come to the standpoint that the potential was several times that of 2009-2010 donations. We have now already doubled that amount, and perhaps we are getting closer to the theoretical potential, but this gives the estimate of a potential donation of something between 50-200 MUSD. And the benefit must surely be a few times of the potential donations, So a rough estimate of benefit based on this reasoning would be in the magnitude of 100-500 MUSD/year Anders
Andrew Gray skrev 2013-04-08 14:36:
The Economist had an estimate recently:
http://www.economist.com/news/**finance-and-economics/** 21573091-how-quantify-gains-**internet-has-brought-** consumers-net-benefitshttp://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573091-how-quantify-gains-internet-has-brought-consumers-net-benefits http://www.economist.com/**blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/**technology-2http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/technology-2
- of approximately $50m "value" to readers. It's a pretty vague
estimate, but it's an interesting start.
Andrew.
On 8 April 2013 13:28, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Hi all,
Last weekend we had a discussion about how to 'sell' the importance of Wikipedia to economics-focused people (a.k.a. politicians etc), and the question came up on how much Wikipedia contributes to the global economy. Many people access it daily, and the information they get from that might help them to run businesses, be more efficient etc. Third world countries (and maybe even the rest of the world) might have better educated people thanks to Wikipedia, which might make better and more efficient workers, higher literacy and cheaper university educations.
Has there been any scientific (or other) research on the effect Wikipedia has (or had) on the world economy, or even the economy of a specific country/region? There are some numbers what Wikipedia would be 'worth' if it were a commercial company, but that is not what I'm looking for. What is Wikipedia worth to society, the way it currently runs.
Alternatively, are there similar studies to other knowledge compendiums, or even 'the internet'?
Thanks for any pointers!
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