Software piracy and spending across different economic groups

Yun Chu and Jianyu Ma

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2009, vol. 3, issue 1, 78-92

Abstract: This study investigates the extent of relationships between the cultural and economic development levels in a given country and software piracy and spending rates by using the structural equation modelling technique. When analysing both developing and developed markets together, we find that the cultural differences (degree of individualism, 'IDV') and the level of gross national income significantly impact the rate of software piracy, thereby creating a correlative relationship between those two factors and software-spending. However, when the software markets are classified into developed versus developing markets, the findings differ.

Keywords: developed markets; developing markets; hardware systems; information technology; software piracy; software spending; software systems; cultural development; economic development; spending rates; structural equation modelling; cultural differences; gross national income. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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