Toward an integrated model of software piracy determinants: A cross-national longitudinal study

•This study examines the factors affecting a country’s software piracy level.•Economic development and regulatory protection have the significant role in reducing software piracy.•The moderating effect of regulatory protection is supported. This study examines the factors that affect a country’s lev...

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Published in:Telematics and informatics 2017-11, Vol.34 (7), p.1113-1124
Main Authors: Chang, Byeng-Hee, Nam, Sang-Hyun, Kwon, Shin-Hye, Chan-Olmsted, Sylvia M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correlation analysis
Cross-national longitudinal study
Economic development
Information management
Intellectual property
Intellectual property protection
Longitudinal studies
Piracy
Regression analysis
Software
Software piracy
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Summary:•This study examines the factors affecting a country’s software piracy level.•Economic development and regulatory protection have the significant role in reducing software piracy.•The moderating effect of regulatory protection is supported. This study examines the factors that affect a country’s level of software piracy. In addition, we conducted a panel regression to assess the roles of 13 variables on software piracy rates in 77 countries. Since political and regulatory means typically play a direct role in controlling piracy, this study reviews the endogeneity of intellectual property protection to assess its mediatory role. It was found that economic development, trade, individualism, education, country freedom, regulatory protection, and computer penetration all significantly affected the level of software piracy within each country. Economic freedom, power distance, and high-tech export/import only influenced software piracy when mediated by regulatory protection. This paper has implications for the integration of macro and micro factors related to software piracy.
ISSN:0736-5853
1879-324X
DOI:10.1016/j.tele.2017.05.002