This paper analyses the valuation process of IPO companies listed on the Italian Exchange in the period 2000-2009. One the most common valuation techniques declared in the IPO prospectus to determine the offer price is the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method. We develop a ‘reverse engineering'...

This paper analyses the valuation process of companies listed on the Italian Exchange in the period 2000–2009 at their initial public offering (IPO). One the most common valuation techniques declared in the IPO prospectus to determine the offer price is the discounted cash flow (DCF) method....

The article presents the status of the crowdfunding market in Italy and discusses its future prospects. After defining the crowdfunding phenomenon and highlighting its main elements, we present the results from the Italian Crowdfunding Observatory, managed by the three authors at the Department...