BSA Piracy Reduction Impact Study
Economic Benefits of a Ten-Point Reduction in Software Piracy (from 2008-2011)
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Husted, B. W. (2000). The impact of national culture on software piracy. Journal of Business Ethics, 26, 197-211.
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 [...]
Givon, M., Mahajan, V., & Muller, E. (1995). Software Piracy – Estimation of Lost Sales and the Impact on Software Diffusion. Journal of Marketing, 59, 29-37.
Software piracy by users has been identified as the worst problem facing the software industry today. Software piracy permits the shadow diffusion of a software parallel to its legal diffusion [...]
Chaudhry, P. E., & Walsh, M. G. (1996). An assessment of the impact of counterfeiting in international markets: The piracy paradox persists. Columbia Journal of World Business, 31, 34-48.
This paper investigates recent trend in counterfeiting in the international marketplace. The primary objectives of this paper are to provide the international manager with (1) an overview [...]