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Ekonomia daru i społeczności otwartej współpracy – nowe kierunki badań społecznych
The economy of gift and open collaboration communities - new directions of social studies

Author(s): Dariusz Jemielniak, Martyna Kobus
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, Fundacja Promocji i Akredytacji Kierunków Ekonomicznych
Keywords: gift economy; Internet communities; open collaboration communities; management science

Summary/Abstract: The presented article covers the topic of gift economy in Internet communities, as a new, fascinating field of research. It shows that gift economy and open collaboration communities' organization of work may be perceived as a new paradigm of reciprocal exchange. It describes the phenomena of gift economy and open collaboration in economics, and, specifically, management science. It also proposes that this area is worth a particular attention of researchers, especially coming from the new generations of scholars.

  • Issue Year: 56/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 4-9
  • Page Count: 6