Gary Hamel on the "Gift Economy"

Gary Hamel ("The Future of Management"), in his article "The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500":

"Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it. The Web is also a gift economy. To gain influence and status, you have to give away your expertise and content. And you must do it quickly; if you don’t, someone else will beat you to the punch—and garner the credit that might have been yours. Online, there are a lot of incentives to share, and few incentives to hoard."