Economic and Cultural impact on intellectual property violations: A study of software piracy

Journal of World Trade

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-750

  Yang, Deli ^a,b   Sonmez, Mahmut ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INDIVIDUALISM; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PIRACY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34548203854     PISSN: 10116702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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