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 <m...@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 <lodew...@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 >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> Unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> >>> >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l