The Impact of National Culture on Software Piracy
This paper examines the impact of the level of economic development, income inequality, and five cultural variables on the rate of software piracy at the country level. The study finds that software piracy is significantly correlated to GNP per capita, income inequality, and individualism. Implicati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2000
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 197-211 |
| Further subjects: | B
National Culture
B Software Piracy B cross-cultural ethics |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the impact of the level of economic development, income inequality, and five cultural variables on the rate of software piracy at the country level. The study finds that software piracy is significantly correlated to GNP per capita, income inequality, and individualism. Implications for anti-piracy programs and suggestions for future research are developed. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006250203828 |