Topics: a. Mark to market accounting b. Opacity of banks’ assets c. The role of credit rating agencies d. Corporate governance, risk taking and disclosure e. Disclosure regulation f. Market discipline and its role during the banking crisis

The 4th edition of the forum “The Spirit of Innovation” is dedicated to those issues and will focus on the following themes: - The World Economy Today - The multinational firm and its impacts in the global economy - Policies of territorial attractiveness