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Social construct and the propensity for software piracy

C. A. Depken II * Department of Economics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019-0479, USA
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L. C. Simmons Nanyang Technological University, Division of Marketing and International Business, S3-B1C-96 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
Pages 97-100 | Published online: 01 Sep 2006

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