Impact of piracy on innovation at software firms and implications for piracy policy

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 763-773

  Jaisingh, Jeevan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Innovation; Policy; Quality; Software piracy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SOFTWARES; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; END-USERS; MONOPOLY MARKETS; POLICY; POLICY CHOICES; PRODUCT QUALITIES; QUALITY; SOCIAL PLANNERS; SOFTWARE FIRMS; SOFTWARE PIRACY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 61349181884     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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