How Business Works

<p>Bright eager business students deserve a rigorous exciting introduction to the fundamentals of business. <em>How Business Works: Making Profits Taking Risks and Creating Value in a Global Economy </em>is a dynamic introductory textbook that takes a holistic comprehensive real-world approach incorporating both theory and practice.<br /><br />The global business challenges facing today’s students are more complex than ever before. How Business Works prepares students to meet these challenges head-on and become successful learners and leaders. The book offers a fresh timely perspective on the way business is taught by organizing concepts around the unifying framework of value. A serious textbook for serious business students this text addresses quantitative and technical topics such as risk versus return foreign exchange and the time value of money.<br /><br />The eleventh edition features relevant and timely updates including the US-Mexico-Canada Act (USMCA) that replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).<br /><br />Written in a conversational easy-to-read style <em>How Business Works </em>is more than an outstanding textbook—it provides transformational learning and teaching experiences.</p><p><strong>Robert Kemp DBA CPA</strong> is the Ramon W. Breeden Sr. Research Professor at the McIntire School of Commerce University of Virginia. During his over 30 years at the school he has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses as well as executives around the world. His scholarly works include over 70 completed projects including books monographs articles cases and working papers. He has worked with and taught for organizations such as Navigant Bank of America Wellington Management Ernst & Young the Russian Bankers Association and other prestigious organizations. He is a Certified Public Accountant and possesses a baccalaureate masters and doctorate in business administration.</p><p><strong>Adam Kemp MPA CPA </strong>has worked over 20 years in the fields of accounting and taxation in the private and public sectors. His experience covers state local federal and international taxation of corporations flow-through entities and nonprofits. Mr. Kemp has worked with some of the largest organizations in the United States including Sallie Mae MCI and the PCAOB. He has drafted guidance and provided instruction on various topics such as nexus standards alternative tax systems and deductible versus capital expenditures. Mr. Kemp is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor’s of science in accounting from the University of Virginia and master of professional accounting in taxation from the University of Texas at Austin.</p><p><strong>Kelley Kemp JD Esq.</strong> is a practicing attorney in central Virginia assisting clients in criminal and civil matters. She also serves as an adjunct instructor at various colleges teaching courses on a variety of legal topics. Prior to becoming an attorney Ms. Kemp worked in the field of securities regulation at FINRA (formerly NASD). Ms. Kemp received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and attended law school at the Washington College of Law at American University.</p>