Without the 'spillover effects' of open content production, the growth in Wikipedia editing activity between 2002 and 2010 would have been halved. That is the central finding of research by Aleksi Aaltonen and Stephan Seiler, which analyses editing data by Wikipedia users to show how content...

Using detailed edit-level data over eight years across a large number of articles on Wikipedia, we find evidence for a positive spillover effect in editing activity. Cumulative past contributions, embodied by the current article length, lead to significantly more editing activity, while...

Using detailed edit-level data over eight years across a large number of articles on Wikipedia, we find evidence for a positive spillover effect in editing activity. Cumulative past contributions, embodied by the current article length, lead to significantly more editing activity, while...

The familiar ’five-star’ ratings and reviews system makes it easy for consumers to use product evaluations across competing platforms to choose the product or service that is most likely to match their preferences. However, the ability to easily shop around for ratings and reviews raises a...

The ubiquity of digital technology and the increasing amount of data stored in organizational IT systems make cybersecurity a critical issue to many businesses. To harden their systems against data breaches, companies have started to use bug bounty programs to involve outsiders in helping to...