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Enterprise Prediction Markets = The wisdom of crowds comes to the enterprise.

Here are short excerpts of the Forrester report on enterprise prediction markets and companies that provide software for enterprise prediction markets. – The Forrester executive summary: The “wisdom of crowds” is capturing the attention of corporate strategists across the globe, … Continue reading

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Where to find advice on how to set up your enterprise prediction markets

Consultants – - Inkling – URL: Inkling Markets – (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) Adam Siegel — Post Archives at Midas Oracle Nathan Kontny – NewsFutures – (Maryland, U.S.A. & Paris, France, E.U.) Emile Servan-Schreiber — Post Archives at Midas Oracle Maurice … Continue reading

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The best headline of the day –post Michigan

From the Los Angeles Times: Ron Paul, Dr. No-body, beats Rudy and Fred –again. Well, he’s hanging in there. Not only that, but Rep. Ron Paul thumped two reputed Republican heavyweights in the Michigan primary — former Sen. Fred Thompson … Continue reading

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GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: The 2006 Wall Street Journal news article on internal prediction markets is still FREE FOR ALL.

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: How to Decide? Create a Market. – (free access – subscription) – (this time via Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures) – [internal prediction markets used by organizations] – by Wall Street Journal’s Michael Totty – 2006-06-19 “We believe the … Continue reading

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Still Waiting

- Still waiting for the new version of the Consensus Point site, with the list of their new clients. – Still waiting for the “Partners” page of the Inkling Markets site, and the updating of their customer listing. – Ditto … Continue reading

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OFFICIAL: Consensus Point clients are Best Buy, General Electric, Nokia, and Samsung.

Brand Week: Consensus Point, a Nashville, Tenn., firm that works with Best Buy, General Electric, Nokia and Samsung, has been offering such predictive market software for about 13 years, but company president Dave Perry said there’s been a big spike … Continue reading

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The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications – University of California at Riverside, Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. – 2007-05-10~22 Gambling: Design and Implementation 1 – “An Examination of the Determinants of Biased Behaviour in a Market … Continue reading

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Should prediction market firms use blogs?

BusinessWeek on McKinsey’s global survey: [...] Only 16% of the companies surveyed said they were investing in blogs, compared to 63% for web services, 28% for peer-to-peer networks, and 19% for social networks. 78% identified web services as the Web … Continue reading

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Consensus Point’s Washington Stock Exchange gets scholars FOR FREE.

Cass Sunstein (on guns): Cass R. Sunstein is a contributing editor at The New Republic and a professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge and holds an unpaid position on … Continue reading

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Please, prediction market vendors and exchanges, introduce yourself truthfully.

At Confab, James Surowiecki discussed why there aren’t more businesses using prediction markets. But are prediction market service providers truly… serious? Yesterday evening, thanks to the magic eraser, the location of NewsFutures changed from “New York City” to “Baltimore“. And … Continue reading

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