Abstract
We evaluate the efficiency of an online knowledge production project and identify factors that affect efficiency. To assess efficiency, we used the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) modelling methodology. We apply DEA to data from more than 30 Wikipedia language projects over three years. We show that the main Wikipedia projects were indeed less efficient that smaller ones, an effect that can be attributed in part to decreasing returns to scale.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, OPENSYM 2015 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450336666 |
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| State | Published - Aug 19 2015 |
| Event | 11th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, OPENSYM 2015 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Aug 19 2015 → Aug 21 2015 |
Other
| Other | 11th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, OPENSYM 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 8/19/15 → 8/21/15 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software