This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature …: (1) software piracy has a negative incidence on inequality adjusted human development; (2) the unappealing effect of …) software piracy increases literacy. Two major policy implications have been retained from the findings. Firstly, adherence to …

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which … software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel … following main findings are established. First, from the FE regressions, software piracy consistently improves the IHDI and its …

Proprietary software firms have recently begun to emulate the open source software community in opening up some of … their software. We analyze this phenomenon in the context of resource allocation between fixing defects and the development … of the next version of the software — an important issue that many software firms face in light of the prevalence of …

This paper offers an analytical framework for understanding the evolution of India’s software industry and its place in …

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which … software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel … following main findings are established. First, from the FE regressions, software piracy consistently improves the IHDI and its …