Knowledge-Sharing Successes in Web 2.0 Communities

Knowledge sharing in contemporary research is seen largely as a particular kind of null dilemma the public goods problem. Because people can benefit from public goods whether they contribute to them or not, there will always be the temptation to free-ride off the contributions of others. Knowledge-sharing behavior is scarcer that many would prefer, according to this argument, because of an incentive problem. The incentive problem can be overcome...