Employment and labour markets: some issues for the new millennium

Some Ways into the New Millennium

In the January 2000 issue of Medical History, Bill Bynum paid tribute to Vivian Nutton on his retirement after twenty years as co-editor of the journal. Bill then wrote that he and I intended to take Medical History "some ways at least" into the new millennium. Three years on, Bill also has decided to take his leave as editor, although he too joins our House of Lords, the Editorial Board, where...

Supported Employment : Critical Issues and New Directions

This paper chronicles the background, history, and philosophy associated with supported employment. The emphasis has been on growth of participation by people with disabilities into competitive employment for the first time. In addition to this important background, the concept of work supports is introduced. A taxonomy of government supports, business supports, and consumer supports is present...

The New Migration: Global Labour Markets and Return Migration

Software Maintenance in the New Millennium: Issues and Challenges

As we approached the year 2000, concerns about the Y2K “bug” focused attention on the importance of high quality, reliable software in supporting the economic foundation of the US and world economy. Additionally, security attacks against systems have been escalating, as hackers exploit known software vulnerabilities that have not been patched. Public attention on the quality of software is incr...

Marketing in the New Millennium: Emerging Issues and Trends

Given the focus on marketing research, the present paper combines both the academic and the practitioner perspectives to highlight several issues and emerging trends that will shape the role of marketing research in the new millennium. These include redefinition of marketing researcher, the ongoing nature of marketing research, qualitative research, Internet marketing research, and ethical issu...