Cooking pot markets: an economic model for the trade in free goods and services on the Internet (originally published in March 1998)

First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Model ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Free Software ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Market Dynamics ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Corporate World ◽  
Economic Decisions

It has long been assumed that there is something beyond economics involved in the proliferation of free goods and services on the Internet. Although Netscape's recent move to give away the source code for its browser shows that the corporate world now believes that it is possible to make money with free software - previously eyed with cautious pessimism - money is not the prime motivator of most producers of the Internet's free goods, and neither is altruism. Efforts and rewards may be valued in intangibles, but, as this paper argues, there is a very tangible market dynamics to the free economy of the Internet, and rational economic decisions are at work. This is the "cooking-pot" market: an implicit barter economy with assymetric transactions.

Cooking pot markets: an economic model for the trade in free goods and services on the Internet (originally published in Volume 3, Number 3, March 1998)

First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Model ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Free Software ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Market Dynamics ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Corporate World ◽  
Economic Decisions

It has long been assumed that there is something beyond economics involved in the proliferation of free goods and services on the Internet. Although Netscape's recent move to give away the source code for its browser shows that the corporate world now believes that it is possible to make money with free software - previously eyed with cautious pessimism - money is not the prime motivator of most producers of the Internet's free goods, and neither is altruism. Efforts and rewards may be valued in intangibles, but, as this paper argues, there is a very tangible market dynamics to the free economy of the Internet, and rational economic decisions are at work. This is the "cooking-pot" market: an implicit barter economy with assymetric transactions.

scholarly journals Talk Is Silver, Code Is Gold? Beyond Traditional Notions of Contribution in Peer Production: The Case of Drupal

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Rozas ◽  
Nigel Gilbert ◽  
Paul Hodkinson ◽  
Samer Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Free Software ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Peer Production ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
The Creation

Peer production communities are based on the collaboration of communities of people, mediated by the Internet, typically to create digital commons, as in Wikipedia or free software. The contribution activities around the creation of such commons (e.g., source code, articles, or documentation) have been widely explored. However, other types of contribution whose focus is directed toward the community have remained significantly less visible (e.g., the organization of events or mentoring). This work challenges the notion of contribution in peer production through an in-depth qualitative study of a prominent “code-centric” example: the case of the free software project Drupal. Involving the collaboration of more than a million participants, the Drupal project supports nearly 2% of websites worldwide. This research (1) offers empirical evidence of the perception of “community-oriented” activities as contributions, and (2) analyzes their lack of visibility in the digital platforms of collaboration. Therefore, through the exploration of a complex and “code-centric” case, this study aims to broaden our understanding of the notion of contribution in peer production communities, incorporating new kinds of contributions customarily left invisible.

scholarly journals Technology Adoption and Consumer Payments: Evidence from Survey Data

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumiko Hayashi ◽  
Elizabeth Klee
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Payment ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Transaction Value ◽  
Debit Cards

Consumers pay for hundreds of goods and services each year, but across households and across goods, consumers do not choose to pay the same way. This paper posits that payment choices depend in part on consumers' propensity to adopt new technologies and in part on the nature of the transaction. To test this hypothesis, this paper analyzes consumer's payment instrument use at the point of sale and for bill payment. The sample includes consumers surveyed in 2001, who are primarily users of the Internet. The results indicate that consumers who use new technology or computers are more likely to use electronic forms of payment, such as debit cards and electronic bill payments. Particularly, the use of direct deposit is a significant predictor of electronic payment use. Furthermore, the results indicate that payment choice depends on the characteristics of the transaction, such as the transaction value, the physical characteristics of the point of sale, and a bill's frequency and value variability.

Concept and Applications of M-Commerce in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-60
Author(s):  
Katanakal Sarada ◽  
◽  
Dr. K. Nirmalamma ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The People

Mobile commerce is the buying and selling of goods and Services through wireless handled devices such as smart phones and tablets etc. Ecommerce Users to access M-commerce enables online shopping platforms without needing to use & a desktop computer. For example, purchase and sale of products. Online like banking and paying bills. (Virtual market place apps the Amazon mobile App, Android pay, Samsung pay etc...) The main idea behind M. commerce Is to enable various applications and services available on the internet to portable devices (mobiles, laptops, tables etc.) to overcome the constraints of a desktop computer. M commerce aims Serve all information and material needs of the people in a convenient and easy way.

Prospects Of Development And Problems Of Introducing Digitalization In The Economy Of Uzbekistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Martabo Makhmudovna Dadajonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Model ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
High Importance ◽  
Goods And Services

Realizing the high importance of digital technologies, Uzbekistan, along with many countries, creates conditions for the transition to a digital economy. The task of the new economic model is to improve the lives of citizens by improving the quality of goods and services produced using modern digital technologies and to bring small businesses to the level of innovative entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals A Study of the Relationships between Source Code Metrics and Attractiveness in Free Software Projects

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Meirelles ◽  
Carlos Santos Jr. ◽  
Joao Miranda ◽  
Fabio Kon ◽  
Antonio Terceiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Source Code ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Code Metrics ◽  
Source Code Metrics

scholarly journals Comment, Rating, Opinion, Review – the Preliminary Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (45) ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
Monika Jaworska
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Consumer Reviews ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Speech Genres ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Services Use

The article focuses on functional speech genres used on the Internet to assess the level of customer satisfaction after purchasing goods and services on portals with various offers. It attempts to define what genre is used in the texts called commentaries, evaluations, opinions and consumer reviews. Both Internet users and providers of goods and services use these terms interchangeably. The situation may result from the fact that in the ordinary mind, they constitute one genre. The text introduces the research on the statements of internet users expressing their opinion on the transaction, the purchased products, and the service provided. Nowadays, the Internet has such a large social impact that it is important to examine the changes in speech genres existing in the Internet space in relation to their prototypes derived from the literary tradition.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Development of Digital Economy on the Upgrading of China’s Industrial Structure

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 03062
Author(s):  
Yaling Li
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Internet Development ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, with the rapid development of the Internet, all walks of life are closely connected with the development of the Internet. Differences in the degree of integration between different industries and the Internet make the leading industries of the national economy constantly change, thus promoting the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure. The impact of Internet development on the upgrading of industrial structure is not only that the interconnected technologies and platforms change the traditional economic model, but also that the integration of Internet and industry has a profound impact on the industrial structure.

scholarly journals E-commerce Network Credibility Modelling Using Block-chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1489-1494
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
Common Code ◽  
Online Transactions ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
The Common

Agent technology has developed into a sturdy instrument for e-commerce approach in recent years. The use of agent technology in e-commerce systems may address traditional e-commerce weaknesses, respond to the intelligence and individual needs of users, and significantly improve the efficiency of online transactions. There are some weaknesses in the system designed in this paper. The system will be less efficient in order to complete decentralization of the system. Every decentralized node needs to redundantly preserve a huge volume of information that not only takes up a lot of storage space however, it also makes cross-requesting and detail verification ineffective. This writing presents the evaluation of integrity of the e-commerce systems using block-chain and large amounts of data analysis. The fast growth of the Internet, in particular in the well-developed field of e-commerce, has advanced to digital marketing. In order to understand the common code generating conventional file to identify the associated event configuration, we will analyze Improved Practical Byzantine IPBF source code algorithms. The simulation shows the efficiency of the model.

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