About The Author
Arthur J. Keown
Dr. Arthur J. Keown received his bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, his MBA from the University of Michigan and his doctorate from Indiana University. He is the R. B. Pamplin Professor of Finance and Finance Department Head at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Professor Keown, award-winning teacher, is also a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech, and has received 5 certificates of Teaching Excellence, the W.E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award. In 1999, Arthur received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State of Virginia.
Dr. Keown is widely published in academic journals. His work has appeared in the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Management, and many others. 2 of his books are widely used in college finance classes all over the country Foundations of Finance: The Logic and Practice of Financial Management and Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth.
Arthur is a Fellow of Decision Sciences Institute and head of the Finance Department. In addition, he has served as the co-editor of both the Journal of Financial Research and the Financial Management Association's Survey and Synthesis Series. He was recently inducted into Ohio Wesleyan's Hall of Fame for wrestling. His son and daughter are both married and live in Dubai and Wisconsin, while he and his wife live in Virginia, where he collects original art from Mad Magazine.
J. William Petty
Dr. J. William Petty, PhD, Baylor University, is Professor of Finance and W. W. Caruth Chair of Entrepreneurship. Dr. Bill Petty teaches entrepreneurial finance, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is a University Master Teacher. In 2008, the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurship Excellence selected him as the National Entrepreneurship Teacher of the Year.
Dr. Petty's research interests include the financing of entrepreneurial firms and shareholder value-based management. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and has published articles in various academic and professional journals.
John William is co-author of a leading textbook in small business and entrepreneurship, Small Business Management: Launching and Growing Entrepreneurial Ventures. He also co-authored Value-Based Management: Corporate America’s Response to the Shareholder Revolution (2010). He also serves on the Board of the Baylor Angel Network, a network of private investors who provide capital to startups and early-stage companies.
John D. Martin
Dr. John Martin holds the Carr P. Collins Chair in Finance in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University, Texas, where he teaches in the Baylor EMBA programs and been selected as the outstanding teacher for 3 times. Dr. Martin joined the Baylor faculty in 1998 after spending 17 years on the faculty of the University of Texas. Over his career, John has published over 60 articles in the leading finance journals, including papers in the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Management Science.
John is also co-author of several ebooks, including Financial Management: Principles and Practice, Foundations of Finance (9th ed), Financial Analysis (3rd ed., McGraw Hill), Theory of Finance (Dryden Press), Valuation: The Art & Science of Corporate Investment Decisions (2nd ed), and Value-Based Management with Social Responsibility (2nd ed., Oxford University Press).
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