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- Title
Untangling the Web of Relationships Between Wealth, Culture, and Global Software Piracy Rates: A Path Model.
- Authors
Moores, Trevor T.
- Abstract
This article examines the relationship between Hofstede's national culture indices (lDV, PSI, MAS, and UAI), economic wealth (GNI), and national software piracy rates (SPR). Although a number of studies have already examined this relationship, the contribution of this article is two-fold. First, we develop a path model that highlights not only the keyfactors that promote software piracy, but also the inter-relationships between these factors. Second, most studies have used the dataset from the pre-2003 methodology which only accounted for business software and did not take into account local market conditions. Using the latest dataset and a large sample of countries (n=61) we find there is an important triadic relationship between PDI, lDV and GNI that explains over 80% of the variance in software piracy rates. Implications for combating software piracy are discussed.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of software piracy; PIRACY prevention (Copyright); COMPUTER software development; BUSINESS software; COMPUTER software industry; METHODOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Global Information Management, 2010, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1062-7375
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4018/jgim.2010091101