Trade liberalization, corruption, and software piracy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 623-634

  Robertson, Christopher ^a,b,c,i   Gilley, K M ^d,e,f   Crittenden, William F ^g,h,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northeastern University

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^f ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g General Management Group

^h Academy of Management

ⁱ NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Corruption; Culture; Economic freedom; Piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749088673     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9372-x     Document Type: Article

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