Factors motivating people toward pirated software

Qualitative Market Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-419

  Kin wai Lau, Eric ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer crime; Computer software; Ethics; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748748990     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750610689113     Document Type: Article

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