The higher the hope value, the more urgent the need for a company to turn its sizzle into steak, because if at some point promise is not delivered, the hope value in the company's stock price will dissipate.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In the coming years, they hope, the value of their early predictions should be measured in tens of thousands of lives.

ECONOMIST: A new way of predicting a malaria epidemic months in advance

The idea was that the banks would be able either to sell their shares in GoodCo now, getting perhaps 10 cents for each dollar of their debt, or hold them for a few years in the hope that their value would increase.

ECONOMIST: Indonesian business: A survival guide | The