Counterfeiting and Piracy A Comprehensive Literature Review

This book aims to identify, analyze, and systematize the available research on counterfeiting and piracy published over a thirty-five year time span (1980–2015) in order to highlight the main trends in the illicit trade literature, propose suggestions for

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Ludovica Cesareo

Counterfeiting and Piracy A Comprehensive Literature Review

123

Ludovica Cesareo The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA USA

ISSN 2191-5482 SpringerBriefs in Business ISBN 978-3-319-25356-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25357-2

ISSN 2191-5490

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015955392 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To Prof. Pastore, to Alberto. For believing in me since the first day, and continuing to do so every day since.

Foreword

This book presents some of the results of the scientific research Ludovica conducted while doing her Ph.D. at the Management Department of Sapienza University of Rome. Having worked as her advisor throughout this whole period, it is for me a source of great pride to present this excellent work to those who want to dedicate some (well-spent) time reading it. I will examine this work with a novel approach, by looking at several different aspects that I believe to be key for our profession. I have identified these aspects through my important experience as the President of the Italian Society of Management (Società Italiana di Management—SIMA), the Scientific Society of the Italian Professors of Management. As a Scientific Society, one of the important issues we are tackling is to try to stir the revision of evaluation systems toward a more accurate direction, while also suggesting to young scholars who are taking their first steps in their careers some guidelines for a correct interpretation of their job. The mantra of this approach can thus be expressed