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About the Author
KAREN COLLINS

Dr. Karen Collins is associate professor of accounting at Lehigh University in Bethle- hem, Pennsylvania. She has a Ph.D. in accounting from Virginia Tech. Dr. Collins co- ordinates the college's freshman-level Introduction to Business course.Exploring Busi-

nesshas evolved based on Dr. Collin\u2019s innovative and successful approach to Lehigh\u2019s

Introduction to Business course. She was recently honored with an Innovation in Teaching Award for the course from the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges and Business Administration (AACSB).

Dr. Collins\u2019s research interests include upward mobility of women in accounting, quality of life issues, stress, and ethnic diversity in the accounting profession. She has published articles in journals such asAccounting, Organizations and Society, Account-

ing Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Journal of
Occupational Health Psychology.
Dr. Collins has won numerous teaching awards while at Lehigh, including the
Deming Lewis Faculty Award (for the faculty member who had the strongest in\ufb02uence
on the ten-year graduating class), in 2003; the Faculty Recognition Award (from the Dean of Students O\ufb03ce), also in 2003; and the
Andersen Consulting Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching, 1998\u201399 and 1999\u20132000.
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank the following colleagues who have reviewed the text and provided comprehensive feedback and sug-
gestions for improving the material:
Tim Allwine

Lower Columbia College
Douglas Antola Crowe Bradley University
Vondra Armstrong

Pulaski Technical College
April Bailey
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Michael Baran
South Puget Sound Community College
Ruby Barker
Tarleton State University
Murray Brunton
Central Ohio Technical College
Laura Bulas
Central Community College
Leon Chickering
South Puget Sound Community College
Glenn Doolittle
Santa Ana College
Amy Epplin
Rend Lake College
Andrea Foster
John Tyler Community College
Joseph Fox
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Leatrice Freer
Pitt Community College
George Generas
University of Hartford
David Gilliss
San Jose State University
Alfredo Gomez
Broward College
Madeline Grant
Santa Ana College
Gail Jacobs
LA College International
Francis Krcmarik
Mott Community College
Elaine Madden
Anne Arundel Community College
Timothy March
Kaskaskia College
Marian Matthews
Central NM Community College
Gina McConoughey
Illinois Central College
Tom McFarland
Mt. San Antonio College
Bill McPherson
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Diane Minger
Cedar Valley College
Jennifer Morton
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
John Olivo
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Lauren Paisley
Genesee Community College
Anthony Racka
Oakland Community College
Nancy Ray-Mitchell
McLennan Community College
Martin St. John
Westmoreland County Community College
John Striebich
Monroe Community College
Frank Titlow
St. Petersburg College
Bob Urell
Irvine Valley College
Dean Williamson
Brewton-Parker College #2004

In addition, a select group of instructors assisted the development of this material by actually using it in their classrooms. Their in- put, along with their students\u2019 feedback, has provided us critical con\ufb01rmation that the material is e\ufb00ective and impactful in the classroom:

Nikolaos Adamou
Borough of Manhattan CC
April Bailey
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Michael Davis
Yavaipai College
Andrea Foster
John Taylor Community College
Frank Markham

Mesa State
Donn Miller-Kermani Florida Institute of Technology
Diane Minger

Cedar Valley College
Tony Racka
Oakland Community College
P. Gerard Shaw
Dean College
Dean Williamson
Brewton-Parker College
David Woolgar
Santa Ana College
The authors also appreciate the e\ufb00orts of a \ufb01ne group of instructors who have assisted the project with their work on supplementary
materials:
David Murphy, Madisonville Community College, P. Gerard Shaw, Dean College, and Diane Minger, Cedar Valley College, col-

laborated on the Test Item Files and Student Quizzes.
Chuck Bowles, Pikes Peak Community College, developed the PowerPoint Presentation Slides.
Kim Richmond, St. Joseph\u2019s University, developed the Video Learning Segments.

I am sincerely grateful to a great team of individuals at Flat World Knowledge who made working on this project an enjoyable experience. Special thanks to Je\ufb00 Shelstad and Eric Frank for their con\ufb01dence in me and in the project and to Sharon Koch for her enthusiasm. Thanks to Joanne Butler and Sharon Hughes for their dedication to quality and their positive attitudes. Thanks also to several very special friends who made substantial contributions to the textbook project: Ron Librach, Joseph Manzo, Judy Minot, and Eleanore Stinner.

Thanks to the members of the Introduction to Business faculty team at Lehigh University who are a constant source of ideas and advice. Their excitement about the course and dedication to our students create a positive and supportive teaching environ- ment. I enjoy the hours we spend in the \u201cbullpen\u201d 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 encour-
agement during this project. They\u2019re the best of my world.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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