1. Wikipedia MGMT 336 Management Information Systems
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MGMT 336 Management Information Systems
Professor Nathan Garrett
September 15, 2012
By Delbin Sanchez

2. Overview: Summary of Wikipedia Strategic Positioning of Wikipedia
Resources used for Competition by Wikipedia
Distribution Channel
Scale/Size
People
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4. Placement on Production Possibility Frontier
High
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Wikipedia*
(Value Position)
Yahooanswers.com, miriamwebster.com
scholarpedia.com
Low x
High
Low
(Cost Position)
*Wikipedia ranks mid-tier.; Low cost and
medium value.

5. Resources Distribution channel Scale/Size The Internet is its limit.
“more than 77,000 active contributors work on over 22,000,000 articles in over 285 languages.” (Miller, 2010)
and www. Yahoo.com
“well over 100 million users active on Google+…” (Google CEO, 2012)
Wikipedia #1 on top of results search
Wikipedia is "one of the top-ten most-visited websites worldwide.” (Johnson, 2006)
Scale/Size
The Internet is its limit.

6. Resources Continued… People Low barrier to entry
“Registered and anonymous editors (hired by Wikipedia).” (Miller, 2010)
Volunteers
Public/communities
Anyone really…
Non-profit Wikimedia Foundation
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7. Placement on Production Possibility Frontier
High
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Wikipedia*
(Value Position)
Yahooanswers.com, miriamwebster.com
scholarpedia.com
Low x
High
Low
(Cost Position)
*Wikipedia ranks mid-tier.; Low cost and
medium value.

8. References
Johnson, C. (2006). Watch out Britannica: Here comes Wikipedia. Information Today, 23(2), 26-
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Miller, Jason C; Murray, Hannah B., Wikipedia In Court: When and how citing Wikipedia and other consensus websites is appropriate. Brooklyn, NY: St. John’s Law Review Association.
Google, n.d Update from the CEO: A Beautifully simple experience across Google.
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