Software piracy among academics: An empirical study in Brunei Darussalam

Information Management and Computer Security

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-26

  Rahlm, Md Mahbubur ^a   Rahman, Mohd Noah Abd ^a   Seyal, Afzaal H ^a  

^a FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE PIRACY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 0033689780     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09685220010312326     Document Type: Article

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