Prediction+Market+Enteprise+Uses

Consensus Point Conference September 2007 New York
List of presenters and uses reported by speaker Jed Christiansen on his blog. http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2007/10/03/thoughts-on-the-new-york-prediction-market-conference-part-2/

RITE SOLUTIONS with Robin Hanson email group commentary
- Original Message - From: "Robin Hanson" <rhanson@gmu.edu To: <Prediction-Markets@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Mutual Fun at Rite-Solutions

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/business/yourmoney/26mgmt.html New York Times, March 26, 2006 Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas By William C. Taylor

... company's internal market, ... Each stock comes with a detailed description ... and begins trading at a price of $10. Every employee gets $10,000 in "opinion money" to allocate among the offerings, and employees signal their enthusiasm by investing in a stock and, better yet, volunteering to work on the project. Volunteers share in the proceeds, in the form of real money, if the stock becomes a product or delivers savings.

This is intriguing, but frustratingly vague as well. This seems to be in part a popularity contest, in that even if you support a great idea, if others don't support it too you will lose your investment.

Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu [|http://hanson.gmu.edu] Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444 703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323