Parameters for software piracy research

Information Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-218

  Holsapple, Clyde W ^a   Iyengar, Deepak ^a   Jin, Haihao ^b   Rao, Shashank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Guardianship; Piracy parameters; Rational choice theory; Routine activities theory; Software; Software piracy; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949112808     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240802189468     Document Type: Article

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