An empirical study of software piracy among tertiary institutions in Singapore

Information and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 640-649

  Gan, Lydia L ^a   Koh, Hian Chye ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Intellectual property rights; Singapore; Software piracy; Software policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION THEORY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; STUDENTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SINGAPORE; SOFTWARE POLICY;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 33745932103     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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