This thesis uses the American IPO (Initial Public Offering) companies as the sample and discusses the impact on underpricing and long-run performance by the revealed information in prospectus. In particular, this study emphasizes on the risks possibly influenced by the companies’ management strategy. The main findings are as follows. Firstly, IPO underpricing is affected by many factors. There is positive correlation between risks and underpricing. Secondly, there is a positive correlation between R & D expenditures and long run performance. Finally, the average long run performance is negative, but the larger the underpricing is, the better the long run performance would be.