[Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

[Lodewijk]

(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 at 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).
>
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> 2013/4/8 Anders Wennersten <mail at 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-gains-internet-has-brought-consumers-net-benefits>
>>> http://www.economist.com/**blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/**technology-2<http://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 at 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!
>>>>
>>>> Lodewijk
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