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Global Software Piracy: Searching for Further Explanations |
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| Authors: | Deli Yang Mahmut Sonmez Derek Bosworth Gerald Fryxell | ||
| Institution: | (1) Bradford University School of Management, Emm Lane, Bradford, BD9 4JL, U.K.;(2) The Business School, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, U.K.;(3) St. Peter’s College, Oxford University, New Inne Hall Street, Oxford, OX1 2DL, U.K.;(4) China Europe International Business School, 699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai, 201206, China | ||
| Abstract: | This paper identifies that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a negative effect on software piracy rates in
addition to consolidating prior research that economic development and the cultural dimension of individualism also negatively
affect piracy rates. Using data for 59 countries from 2000 to 2005, the findings show that economic well-being, individualism
and technology development as measured by ICT expenditures explain between 70% and 82% of the variation in software piracy
rates during this period. The research results provide important implications for policy makers and business practitioners
to help reduce software piracy.
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| Keywords: | culture economic development ICT software piracy | ||
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