knowledge by means of scientific publications. Against this background, we model the obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly … obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly by developed countries is not in the near-horizon. Advanced nations that have … mastered the dynamics of knowledge monopoly will continue to lead the course of knowledge economy. Justifications for the …

contributions. We gather data from a large online crowd-based knowledge exchange to answer this question, and draw on goal setting … and status hierarchy theories to study users' contributions before and after they reach consecutive ranks on a vertical … incentive hierarchy. We find evidence that even though these “glory”-based incentives may motivate users to contribute more …