The global cybercrime industry
Subtitle: economic, institutional and strategic perspectives
By: by Nir Kshetri
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Heidelberg; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9783642115219; 9783642115226
Subjects: Internet; Computer crimes; Economic aspects; Prevention; Computerkriminalität
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The global cybercrime industry and its structure : relevant actors, motivations, threats, and countermeasures; title: Simple economics of cybercrime and the vicious circle; title: An institutional perspective on cybercrimes; title: Increasing returns and externality in cybercrimes; title: Institutional field evolved around cybercrimes; title: Information and communications technologies, cyberattacks, and strategic asymmetry; title: Global heterogeneity in the pattern of the cybercrime industry; title: Structure of cybercrime in developing economies; title: Institutional and economic foundations of cybercrime business models; title: The global click fraud industry; title: Concluding remarks and implications.