Risk of using pirated software and its impact on software protection strategies

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-516

  Kwan, Samuel Shu Kin ^a   Jaisingh, Jeevan ^a   Tam, Kar Yan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Horizontal differentiation; Software piracy; Software protection strategy; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

ELSEVIER (CO); END USERS; IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; OPTIMAL PROTECTION; PROTECTION STRATEGIES; QUALITY PRODUCTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SOFTWARE PROTECTION;

RISKS;

EID: 44849119870     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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