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

[Balázs Viczián]

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 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).
>
>
> 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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