The Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: Roles, Scenarios,and Economic Decision-Making
- Topics:
- Electrical and Electronic
- Tags:
- Incentive,
- Preservation,
- Sales,
- Sales Force Management
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Overview: Economic issues are a principal component of the research agenda for digital preservation. Economics is fundamentally about incentives, so a study of the economics of digital preservation should begin with an examination of the incentives to preserve. Securing the long-term viability and accessibility of digital materials requires an appropriate allocation of incentives among key decision-makers in the digital preservation process. But the circumstances under which digital preservation takes place often lead to a misalignment of preservation objectives and incentives. Identifying circumstances where insufficient incentives to preserve are likely to prevail, and how this can be remedied, are necessary first steps in developing economically sustainable digital preservation activities.
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Format: PDF | Size: 759KB | Date: Apr 2003 | Pages: 51
