Consumer software piracy in virtual communities an integrative model of heroism and social exchange

Internet Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-334

  Yu, Chia Ping ^a   Young, Mei Lien ^b   Ju, Bao Chan ^c  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Information Management Nanhau University   (Taiwan)

^c TransWorld University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Software piracy; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924979898     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IntR-08-2013-0187     Document Type: Article

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