Factors that influence software piracy: A view from Germany

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Nill, Alexander ^a   Schibrowsky, John ^b   Peltier, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MANAGERS; BUSINESS SOFTWARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; GERMANY; GLOBAL MARKET; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; IT INDUSTRY; PERCENTAGE POINTS; PIRACY PROBLEMS; SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; VIET NAM;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

CRIME;

EID: 77953213691     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1743546.1743581     Document Type: Article

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