Tag Archives: Christina Ann LaComb

Is General Electric Imagination Market a joke?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Emile Servan-Schreiber bends David Perry’s ear. Emile Servan-Schreiber (of NewsFutures): From: Emile Servan-Schreiber Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:45:43 +0200 Subject: Re: GE Imagination Market License That’s pretty funny, considering that the creator of the GE Imagination Market herself concludes … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Cases, Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Software | Tagged Christina Ann LaComb, Consensus Point, David Perry, GE Imagination Market, General Electric, General Electric Imagination Market, Janet Arlie Barnett, NewsFutures, Qimei Pan, Robin Hanson | Leave a comment

The best presentations from the world’s best conference on enterprise prediction markets —ever

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Awesome slides in bold. Brought to you by Koleman Strumpf (circa November 2007): – Henry Berg, Microsoft <slides> Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics) <slides> – Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market; abstract is free, text is … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Cases, Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Software | Tagged Best Buy, Bo Cowgill, CEO, Chapman University School of Law, Christina Ann LaComb, Co-Founder and CEO, Co-Founder and President, Consensus, Consensus Point, corporate prediction markets, David Perry, Dawn Keller, enterprise prediction markets, Founder and CEO, GE, General Electric, George Mason, George Mason Department of Economics, Google, Henry Berg, internal prediction markets, Jim Lavoie, Kellogg, Koleman Strumpf, Marco Ottaviani, Market Scoring Rules, Mat Fogarty, Microsoft, MSR, prediction markets, President, private prediction markets, Rite, Rite-Solutions, Robin Hanson, School of Management, Tom W. Bell, Xpree, Xpree Inc | Leave a comment

Reminder: Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets Conference (1 November)

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Koleman Strumpf

The conference will be held next Thursday (1 November) at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the conference webpage (http://people.ku.edu/~cigar/PMConf_2007) and the schedule is listed below. I am pleased to note that Mat … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Events & Meetings | Tagged AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Studies, Alexander Costakis, Arizona, Best Buy, Brookings Institution, CEO, Chapman University School of Law, Christina Ann LaComb, Co-Founder and CEO, Co-Founder and President, Consensus, David Perry, Dawn Keller, Department of Economics, Director, Discussion, Eller College of Management, Eric Zitzewitz, Founder and CEO, General, George Mason, George Mason Department of Economics, Google, Henry Berg, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, InTrade, Jim Lavoie, John Delaney, Kansas City, Kauffman Foundation, Kellogg, Managing Director, Marco Ottaviani, Mat Fogarty, Microsoft, Paul Rhode, prediction markets, President, Rite, Robert E. Litan, Robin Hanson, School of Management, Senior Fellow, Tom W. Bell, University of Arizona, VP Research and Policy, Xpree, Xpree Inc | Leave a comment

General Electric’s internal betting exchange: The Imagination Market

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The imagination market – by Christina Ann LaComb, Janet Arlie Barnett and Qimei Pan – 2007-03-10 Information markets [= prediction markets] are typically used as prediction tools, aggregating opinions about the likelihood of future events, or as preference indicators, identifying … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Cases, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Christina Ann LaComb, Consensus Point, GE Imagination Market, General Electric, General Electric Imagination Market, Janet Arlie Barnett, potential technology research areas, prediction tools, Qimei Pan, technology ideas | Leave a comment

Conference: Corporate Applications of Prediction/Information Markets (Thursday, 1 November 2007)

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Koleman Strumpf

I have organized a conference on corporate prediction markets which may be of interest to Midas Oracle readers. It will take place on 1 November at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Events & Meetings | Tagged AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Studies, Arizona, Best Buy, Brookings Institution, CEO, Chapman University School of Law, Christina Ann LaComb, Co-Founder and CEO, Co-Founder and President, Consensus, David Perry, Dawn Keller, Department of Economics, Director, Discussion, Eller College of Management, Eric Zitzewitz, Founder and CEO, General, George Mason, George Mason Department of Economics, Google, Henry Berg, InTrade, Jim Lavoie, John Delaney, Kansas City, Kauffman Foundation, Kellogg, Marco Ottaviani, Microsoft, Paul Rhode, prediction markets, President, Rite, Robert E. Litan, Robin Hanson, School of Management, Tom W. Bell, University of Arizona, VP Research and Policy | Leave a comment