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The Y2K scare: Causes, Costs and Cures

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The worldwide scare over the ‘Y2K bug’ resulted in the expenditure of hundreds of billions of dollars on Y2K compliance and conversion policies. Most of this expenditure can be seen, in retrospect, to have been unproductive or, at least, misdirected. In this article, the technological and institutional factors leading to the adoption of these policies are considered, along with suggestions as to how such policy failures could be avoided in future.

Source: Australian Journal of Public Administration

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2005.00451.x

Author: John Quiggin

Institution: The University of Queensland

Language: English

Topic: Information Technology Governance and Strategy

Subfield: Management Information Systems

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2012573152

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