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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >>> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > >>> Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
