Just measure up the "homework-for-hire market", what Wikipedia had almost ruined; that would be already millions of $ worldwide :)
B.
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-benefits<
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573091-how-quantify-ga...
http://www.economist.com/**blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/**technology-2<
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/technology-2%3E
- 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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