Consumers' willingness to pay for non-pirated software

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 715-732

  Hsu, Jane L ^a   Shiue, Charlene W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intellectual property rights; Perceived risk; Software piracy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349103045     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9543-9     Document Type: Article

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