Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A wolf in sheep's clothing

Apparently our finance case was more complex that I'd originally thought. While it boiled down to a simple yes/no question, is NPV > 0, we got messed up dealing with 'real' versus 'nominal' costs (were the projections adjusted to include inflation or not)? We ended up getting the correct answer in that NPV was greater than zero, but not every assumption was correct.


Lesson learned - if it seems easy, you're being tricked.

Nothing in the MBA is easy. I literally now think twice before I answer any question, including Name: __________________

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