About the Authors

Stan Eakins received his PhD from Arizona State University in 1990. Prior to beginning his academic work, he gained practical experience serving as vice president and comptroller at the First National Bank of Fairbanks and as a commercial and real estate loan officer. A founder of Denali title and escrow agency, a title insurance company in Fairbanks, Alaska, he was also the chief finance officer for a multimillion-dollar construction and development company. After joining East Carolina University, Dr. Eakins served as the chair of the Department of Finance and as the Associate Dean of the College of Business prior to becoming the Dean. After eighteen years in administration he decided to return to teaching and writing. Dr. Eakins has had textbooks in continuous use since 1998. His research is focused primarily on the role of institutions in corporate control and how they influence investment practices. He is also interested in integrating multimedia tools into the learning environment and has received grants from ECU in support of this work.

William J. McNally is a Professor of finance at Wilfrid Laurier University. He earned a BA and MA in Economics from Queen’s and Simon Fraser University, respectively. In 1993 he received his PhD in finance from the University of Toronto. After Toronto, he taught at the University of Victoria until 1999. His primary research interests are in stock repurchases and insider trading. His research has been published in journals such as Management Science and Financial Management. He has received over $200,000 in research grants and has received two best paper awards. Professor McNally is a coauthor (with Stanley Eakins) of Corporate Finance (FlatWorld), an online introductory finance textbook which is published in both the United States and Canada. Professor McNally has served as Finance Department chair and has supervised the Laurier Student Investment Fund since 2001 (AUM = ~$1M).