Acknowledgments
Grateful acknowledgment and thanks to FlatWorld sales representative Clarence Middlebrooks for bringing this book to the attention of Sean Wakely, Vice President, Product and Editorial, who became a champion to our cause. Thank you to Alastair Adam and John Eielson for their confidence in us and our book. We also want to thank KB Mello whose dedication and guidance were essential to the publication of this book. She burned the midnight oil to keep the book on schedule and applied her superior problem-solving skills to overcome obstacles posed by the publication effort. What she accomplished was truly unusual and remarkable.
We gratefully acknowledge our colleagues’ time and insights in helping us create Corporate Finance:
Ahmed Al-Asfour, Oglala Lakota
Michael H. Anderson, University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth
Curt Bacon, Southern Oregon University
Karen Barr, Penn State University–Beaver Campus
Eric Blazer, Millersville University
Elizabeth Booth, Michigan State University
Mike Bowyer, Montgomery Community College
Carol Boyer, Long Island University–CW Post
Fritz Burkhardt, Champlain College
Deanne Butchey, Florida International University
Xiaowei Cai, California Polytechnic State University
Chuck Chahyadi, Eastern Illinois University
Meg Clark, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Thomas Coe, Quinnipiac University
Nandita Das, Delaware State University
Kate Demarest, Carroll Community College
Alexander Deshkovski, North Carolina Central University
Vern Disney, University of South Carolina–Sumter
Robert Donchez, University of Colorado–Boulder
Anne Drougas, Dominican University
Barbara Edington, St. Francis College
Susan Emens, Kent State University–Trumbull
Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska–Anchorage
Jim Estes, California State University–San Bernardino
Dov Fobar, Brooklyn College/CUNY
Alex Gialanella, Manhattanville College
Scott Gibson, Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary
Ann Gillette, Kennesaw State University
Kimberly Goodwin, University of Southern Mississippi
Rachel Graefe-Anderson, College of Charleston
Michelle Hagadorn, Roanoke College
TeWhan Hahn, Auburn University at Montgomery
Mahfuzul Haque, Scott College of Business, Indiana State University
Wei He, Mississippi State University
Peter Holland, Napa Valley College
Susan Hume, School of Business, The College of New Jersey
Ed Hutton, Niagara University
Roger Ignatius, Lane College
Robert Irons, Dominican University
Thad Jackson, University of Alabama
Benjamas Jirasakuldech, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Raymond Johnson, Auburn University–Montgomery
Steve Johnson, Sam Houston State University
Travis Jones, Florida Gulf Coast University
Samuel Kohn, Touro College
Lynn Kugele, University of Mississippi
Manoj Kulchania, Marquette University
Adam Lei, Midwestern State University
Qian Li, Midwestern State University
John Masserwick, Farmingdale State
Denny McGarry, Lake Erie College
Jill Merle, Anderson University
Clay Moffett, University of North Carolina–Wilmington
Dianne Morrison, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Christian Ola, Waynesburg University
Ken O’Brien, Farmingdale State
Ohannes Paskelian, University of Houston–Downtown
Michael Phillips
Shoba Premkumar, Iowa State University
Charles Reback, University of South Carolina–Upstate
Jennifer Schneider, Gainesville State College
Adam Schwartz, Washington and Lee University
Sudhir Singh, Frostburg State University
Steven Slezak, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Bradley Stevenson, Bellarmine University
Diana Tempski, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Rhonda J. Tenkku, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Gwendolyn Webb, Baruch College/CUNY
Shelton Weeks, Florida Gulf Coast University
Eric Wehrly, Seattle University
Michael Welker, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Jeff Whitworth, University of Houston–Clear Lake
Benjamin Woodruff, Shelton State Community College
Jie Yang, Georgetown University
Brian Young, Mississippi State University