Sleepless in ISB...........

Act 6 of MBA......looking forward to the two day speed braker before life takes the express lane once again. The storm of advanced corporate finance has blown over and surprisingly the reed still stands unscathed. Frankly not much of the subject has rubbed off me but the intention in any case was a scratch on the surface rather than a battle scar. Just wrapped up my take home examination and for a change i found the case quite interesting. It opened up a whole new perspective of the movie industry. Beneath all the glitter and glamor, there is ruthless financial valuations and options evaluations that puts wall street to shame.Never again shall i think of sequels as a sponge off of past laurels. The case in hand Arundel partners introduced me to the financial intricacies of making a sequel. Arundel partners is an investment group that purchases the right to the sequels of a production house much before the prequel is even released. This essentially provides them the real option of exercising the prequel rights if the first version is a hit. Sounds commonsensical when you think about it but then I don't think MBA is anything more than an eye opener. An year is just about enough to introduce you to the limitless avenues out there and the mandate is on you as to which path to choose and explore. The public view of MBA is quite different though. To them MBA conjures the images of a generalist with ready reckoner to any abstruse problem. Frankly my MBA degree has been viewed with sceptisicm for not being able to recall the name of a train bound for Hyderabad. But then life's a curve ball and expectations keep raising its bar.

As Prof Bhagwan chowdary says " In the big scheme of things nothing matters". But to me its turning out to be a self-fullfilling profacy which i use to justify my lethargy. Term 6 is gonna be a nighmare. Corporate control,mergers and acquistion, private equity and business statement analysis - the dreamcatchers i have willing submitted to .Though firmly decided to stay away from the world of finance, i just cant convince myself against picking these insanely time consuming courses. But then i think its the engineers curse - unless u see figures and equation, u dont percieve value.And to appropriate value is my karma for the year...