This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on … responsible for the persistence of global software piracy. Knowing how technology affects the persistence of piracy is important … because it enables more targeted policy initiatives. We show that the sensitivity of software piracy to IPRs mechanisms is …

This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs …) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology … regressions.The findings show that the relevance of IPR channels in the fight against software piracy is noticeably contingent on …

the transition from the industrial economy to the network economy. The network economy is based on information technology … and functions of banks in the finance system network structure as a result of a rapidly changing technological environment. …

This paper presents a model of local network effects in which agents in a social network each value the adoption of a … graph, and that are complete graphs (a standard model of network effects). The structure of the network of adopting agents …

Through the Prism of Networks -- 6. Africa's G4 Network -- 7. The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries' Finance Ministers' Network …