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Entries Tagged as 'James Surowiecki'

Web 2.0 is Dead … Long Live Web 2.0

October 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Healthcare Markets, Other Markets, Prediction Markets, Usability

The blogosphere is (somewhat) abuzz with a new meme: the decline of social networking sites and Web 2.0. The first post that perked up my ears was from The Workplace Blog. Shiv Singh bemoaned: Firstly, we all have social network fatigue. If I am asked to join another social network, I’ll probably scream. Then there [...]

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NYC PM Conference

August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off · Prediction Markets

Anyone who wants to know more about prediction markets, specifically, how one works in the enterprise, and how to implement one at your company, should stop by the upcoming prediction market conference, hosted by Consensus Point in NYC on Sept. 24th. You can see Jed Christiansen of Mercury Research & Consulting and many other people [...]

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Selling Infomation Markets to the Corporate World

May 7th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Prediction Markets

I am fairly new to the area of information markets, but one thing has become abundantly clear to me: selling the concept of information markets to businesses and government agencies is not going as well as perhaps it was thought it would. I’m sure some people thought that James Surowiecki’s popular business book would do [...]

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