The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)

Comparison of impulsivity, alexitimia and self-harming behaviors in students with Internet addiction and normal students

Introduction: Behavioral dependence on the Internet, regardless of whether it is considered a psychological injury or a social problem, is a chronic and recurrent phenomenon that is associated with serious physical, financial, family, social and psychological harm, and in this regard, factors such as psychological, Cognitive, familial and social factors are involved. The goal of this study is t...

From the Economics of Qwerty to the Millennium Bug, and Beyond

Cyberloafing Management in Organizations

Entering into the third millennium and current information age, organizations andpeople are increasingly using technologies and networks. In recent decades,technological progresses have rapidly dominated the world. In this vein, theemergence of the Internet in different aspects of life is considered to be the greatestdevelopment of the 21st century. The Internet, along with technologicaladvance...

Knowledge Integration: Learning from the Millennium Bug Experience: A Case Study of NatWest Bank Global Financial Markets

Despite the enormous media coverage that the issue of year 2000 (Y2K) readiness has received in recent months, the focus of that coverage has been restricted almost exclusively to technological aspects. Non-technical issues have tended to be either ignored completely or given very little attention. Most importantly, not much is known about the organisational processes of preparing to face this ...

Tomaso Aste and Tiziana

In the year 2000, exactly one hundred years after David Hilbert posed his now famous list of 23 open problems, The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) announced its seven Millennium Problems. (http://www. claymath.org/millennium). The Gazette has asked leading Australian mathematicians to put forth their own favourite ‘Millennium Problem’. Due to the Gazette’s limited budget, we are unfortunately ...