Coastal Business Journal

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Spring, 2008
Volume 8, Number 1

In this Issue:
From the Publisher - Welcome to the Spring 2008 Edition

P.1		Local Real Estate Market Efficiency in Response to Major Market Announcements: Corpus Christi, Texas Marilyn K. Spencer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi José Guardiola, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Hassan Elsalloukh, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

P.21		Desperately Seeking Synergy: An often Promised, Rarely Delivered Outcome Mark Phillips, Abilene Christian University

P.27		An Examination of Minority Students’ Perceptions of Blackboard Pre and Post the Hurricane Katrina Lillian Y. Fok, University of New Orleans Sandra J. Hartman, University of New Orleans Susan M. L. Zee, Southeastern Louisiana University

P.46		Missing the Match: A Comparison of the Demographic Characteristics of Employees Who Contribute More to Those Who Contribute Less Than the Employer 401k Match Ray Whitmire, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Robert Trimm, Department of the Navy Eugene Bland, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

P.56		Back to the Future?: Why “Old School” Item Pricing Laws May Hold Back the Uses of RFID in Retail Settings David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University

P.66		A Revised Feedback Model for Task and Self-Regulated Learning Thomas F. Hawk, Frostburg State University Amit J. Shah, Frostburg State University

P.82		Developing and Using Rubrics in Quantitative Business Courses Emma Jane Riddle, Winthrop University Marilyn Smith, Winthrop University