The effect of piracy on the market penetration of subscription software

Journal of Business

Volumn 77, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Haruvy, Ernan ^a   Mahajan, Vijay ^b,c   Prasad, Ashutosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

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EID: 3042661790     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381520     Document Type: Review

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