Institutional Field Evolved Around Cybercrimes

Nir Kshetri

Chapter Chapter 5 in The Global Cybercrime Industry, 2010, pp 95-117 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The growth of criminal enterprises in the cyberworld has been an issue of pressing concern to our society. Concepts and theory building are lacking on institutions from the standpoint of criminal entrepreneurship in the digital world. In an attempt to fill this void, this chapter proposes a framework for identifying clear contexts and attendant mechanisms associated with how institutions have interacted with cybercrimes. The underlying notion in this chapter is that the rules of the game offered by formal and informal institutions have favored cybercrimes more than most conventional crimes. The degree of institutional favor, which cybercrime-related entrepreneurs enjoyed before, however, is decreasing.

Keywords: Regulative Institution; Software Vendor; Institutional Field; Organizational Logic; Formal Authority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11522-6_5

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