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Most of the articles are written in Italian only
M&A Trends
Situation, perspectives and ideas for selling your business. Business sales are at record levels around the world. In Italy and [...]
Ideas About Investing in China
China is an attractive unknown for many businesses. In this cycle of two articles we lift some veils on the [...]
Board of Directors Role in Family Businesses
The article by our Gagliardi and Avv. Molinari offers some ideas for choosing among the possible corporate governance options. An [...]
Valuing SMEs with Multiples
Multiples are convenient and fast, however they present various application problems: how to overcome them? In this short text that [...]
DRESS: a Business Case
One of our collaborators illustrated on the leading Italian magazine in the consumer goods sector how an entrepreneur managed to [...]
Least Known Factors to Boost SMEs’ Value
Small and medium-sized enterprises resist crises better than giants and are historically more flexible in achieving opportunities. Selling them is, [...]
M&A: Pricing, Earn-Outs and other Contractual Terms
Our Guidalberto Gagliardi writes together with other authors (Molinari, Monda, Comuzzi, Cameli and Scala-Brini) on forms, methods of payment and [...]
Crowdfunding: a New Frontier for Raising Capital
Italy was the first country to adopt dedicated legislation, beating even the United States where the phenomenon was born. The [...]
M&A in Europe: Environment and Perspectives
In the current difficult context, Italian and Ticino companies cannot remain extraneous to the circuit of acquisitions. An examination of [...]
The PEST Analysis
The PEST is a strategic analysis model that allows you to outline the socio-economic scenario in which a company operates. [...]
How to Get the Price Your Company Deserves
The valuation of a company is magic combined with science; with this article we try to suggest useful tricks so [...]
Disclosing Sustainability
Acquiring awareness of one's environmental impact is becoming a moral practice and also a legal duty for companies. Evaluation methodologies [...]
50:50 Partnerships: How to Cope with Disagreements?
Equal stakes can create many governance problems. Our Gagliardi with Mr. Marzio Molinari propose some possible solutions with the help [...]
Italian Private Equity in 2011
Analysis of Aifi data indicates that Private Equity funds can still be considered important sources of valuable financial resources. The [...]
Measuring Performance beyond the Perimeter of a Company
The young Jacopo Roguzzi illustrates together with Guidalberto Gagliardi how it is possible and appropriate to monitor the performance of [...]
Green Technologies
Our Bugini and Gagliardi note that the crisis is also weighing on the green tech sector. There are some premises [...]
SPACs Land in Italy
A financial instrument that aims to acquire a company and automatically conduct it on the stock exchange. An innovation for [...]
Fund Raising
One of our experts, after having experienced dozens of fund raising experiences (both on the side of the applicant and [...]
Electric Vehicles
How cars, bicycles and motorcycles and other electrically-powered vehicles could help achieve the EU goal of "20-20-20" and, in general, [...]
How to Behave with a New Partner
The entry of a partner usually brings money or useful skills to develop a company or to reorganize it. The [...]
New Partner Needed?
How to find a new member and deal with the dilution of your participation fee. RICERCA NUOVI SOCI L’Ammonitore, 28/2/2011 [...]
Temporary Management
SMEs are discovering interim management. Many consider it a precious resource for managing growth and also as a shock absorber [...]
M&A and Economic Downturn: Should I buy or Sell?
The current economic crisis, like any epochal upheaval, presents many pitfalls but also offers unique opportunities to improve its market [...]
Acquiring a Foreign Firm
Making an acquisition abroad can be a unique way to quickly reach a good share in a new market or [...]
Valuing SMEs through the Unlevered Discounted Cash Flow Method
Guidalberto Gagliardi and Stefano Gilardi reveal their predilection for this evaluation technique. Moreover, the authors emphasize the importance of carrying [...]