REVISITING SOFTWARE PIRACY USING GLOBE CULTURAL PRACTICES.
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Software piracy is a pervasive phenomenon that began to be noticed in the 80s. Statistics from the Business Software alliance (BSA) indicate that the software piracy rate is approximately 42% worldwide and represents potential losses in sales revenue of up to US$60 billion. Earlier studies addressed software piracy utilizing economic wealth and culture factors to understand the phenomena. In terms of culture, previous research have used Hofstedes operationalization of cultural values. This study differentiates by using the GLOBEs project operationalization of cultural practices to revisit the software piracy issue. As a result we gathered secondary data on cultural practices, income per capita, and software piracy rate to analyze the software piracy phenomenon. The outcomes of this this research contribute to the literature by confirming previous findings about the positive relationship of collectivism with software piracy and the negative relationship with income, as measured by GD
