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Exploring Business

v4.0 Karen Collins
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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank the following colleagues who have reviewed the text and provided comprehensive feedback and suggestions for improving the material:

  1. Tim Allwine, Lower Columbia College

  2. Douglas Antola Crowe, Bradley University

  3. Vondra Armstrong, Pulaski Technical College

  4. April Bailey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  5. Michael Baran, South Puget Sound Community College

  6. Ruby Barker, Tarleton State University

  7. Murray Brunton, Central Ohio Technical College

  8. Laura Bulas, Central Community College

  9. Leon Chickering, South Puget Sound Community College

  10. Glenn Doolittle, Santa Ana College

  11. Amy Epplin, Rend Lake College

  12. Andrea Foster, John Tyler Community College

  13. Joseph Fox, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

  14. Leatrice Freer, Pitt Community College

  15. George Generas, University of Hartford

  16. David Gilliss, San Jose State University

  17. Connie Golden, Lakeland Community College

  18. Alfredo Gomez, Broward College

  19. Madeline Grant, Santa Ana College

  20. Sherida Habersham, Ph.D., Brewton-Parker College

  21. Graham Harvey, Athivia College

  22. Graham Henning, Adelphi University

  23. Gail Jacobs, LA College International

  24. Francis Krcmarik, Mott Community College

  25. Elaine Madden, Anne Arundel Community College

  26. Timothy March, Kaskaskia College

  27. Marian Matthews, Central NM Community College

  28. Gina McConoughey, Illinois Central College

  29. Tom McFarland, Mt. San Antonio College

  30. Bill McPherson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  31. Diane Minger, Cedar Valley College

  32. Jennifer Morton, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

  33. John Olivo, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

  34. Lauren Paisley, Genesee Community College

  35. Mark Parfitt, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

  36. Col. Stephen Pomeroy, Norwich University

  37. Anthony Racka, Oakland Community College

  38. Nancy Ray-Mitchell, McLennan Community College

  39. P. Gerard Shaw, Dean College

  40. Martin St. John, Westmoreland County Community College

  41. John Striebich, Monroe Community College

  42. Frank Titlow, St. Petersburg College

  43. Joy Turnheim Smith, Elizabeth City State University

  44. Bob Urell, Irvine Valley College

  45. Dean Williamson, Brewton-Parker College

  46. John Wolford, LaBrae High School

In addition, a select group of instructors assisted the development of this material by actually using it in their classrooms. Their input, along with their students’ feedback, has provided us critical confirmation that the material is effective and impactful in the classroom:

  1. Nikolaos Adamou, Borough of Manhattan CC

  2. April Bailey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  3. Michael Davis, Yavaipai College

  4. Andrea Foster, John Taylor Community College

  5. Frank Markham, Mesa State

  6. Donn Miller-Kermani, Florida Institute of Technology

  7. Diane Minger, Cedar Valley College

  8. Tony Racka, Oakland Community College

  9. P. Gerard Shaw, Dean College

  10. Dean Williamson, Brewton-Parker College

  11. David Woolgar, Santa Ana College

I am sincerely grateful to Alastair Adam, John Eielson, and Sean Wakely for their confidence in me and in the textbook project. Special thanks to my project manager, Lindsey Kaetzel, for her amazing commitment to the project, can-do attitude, hard work, and constant support. She has been a joy to work with; we started as partners and ended as friends.

Thanks also to a number of individuals outside FlatWorld who made important contributions to earlier editions of the text: special thanks to my former development editor and good friend, Ron Librach, for his substantial contributions to Exploring Business. Thanks also to Joseph Manzo, who developed the Excel template used in the optional business plan project; Chuck Bowles, who created the original PowerPoint slides; and David Murphy, who wrote the original Test Item File.

Thanks to the members of the Introduction to Business faculty team at Lehigh University who were a constant source of ideas and advice. Their excitement about the course and dedication to our students created a positive and supportive teaching environment. I enjoyed the hours we spent in the “bullpen” sharing teaching tips, brainstorming ways to improve the course, and just having fun.

Finally, I thank my husband, Bill, my sons, Don and Mark, and their wives, Courtney and Tara, for their support and encouragement during this project.