Modeling the unethical intention of software piracy: A qualitative integration of network externalities and information cascades

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-198

  Joe, Sheng Wuu ^a   Lin, Shin Yi ^b   Chiu, Chou Kang ^c  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information cascades; Network externalities; Software pirates; Unethical intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749084843     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-008-9188-5     Document Type: Article

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