TITLE

Illegal Adoption of a New Product: A Model of Software Piracy Behavior

AUTHOR(S)
Parthasarathy, Madhavan; Mittelstaedt, Robert A.
PUB. DATE
January 1995
SOURCE
Advances in Consumer Research;1995, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p693
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Investigates the decision process of computer software adopters, especially pirates. Variables which affect an individual's propensity to pirate.
ACCESSION #
9509150143

Tags: COPYRIGHT -- Computer programs

 

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