Untangling the Web of Relationships Between Wealth, Culture, and Global Software Piracy Rates: A Path Model

Authors:
Trevor T. Moores
Affiliations:
University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA
Venue:
Journal of Global Information Management
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This article examines the relationship between Hofstede's national culture indices IDV, 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 key factors 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, IDV, and GNI that explains over 80% of the variance in software piracy rates. Implications for combating software piracy are discussed.