Volumes of oil reserves are important indicators of energy availability in the future since it is still the world’s main source of energy. In this paper, we estimate the oil reserve volume under oil price uncertainty using the traditional discounted cash flow (DCF) and the real options theory...

There exists an abysm between market prices and traditional valuation approaches such as Discounted Cash Flows (DCF), a fact that neither academics nor practitioners could continue ignoring. Recently, a complementary approach has taken a foothold into the valuation world. Building on the DCF...

In the course of raising external equity, e.g. from venture capitalists, a quantitative valuation is usually required for entrepreneurial ventures. This paper examines the challenges of quantitatively valuing platform technology based entrepreneurial ventures. The distinct characteristics of...