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  Clicking Into Harms Way: The Decision to Purchase Regulated Goods Online Read the Full Article Jay Kennedy and Jeremy Wilson, 2017   Counterfeit products are a significant global risk to brands and those who hold intellectual property rights to them. They also pose significant risks to public health and safety, the economy, and even […]

  The Future of Brand Protection: Responding to the Global Risk Read the Full Article Jeremy Wilson, 2017   Counterfeit products are a significant global risk to brands and those who hold intellectual property rights to them. They also pose significant risks to public health and safety, the economy, and even national security. Given consumer […]

  Explaining Consumer Demand for Counterfeit Goods: Social Learning or Low Self-Control? Zoltán Levente Fejes, 2017   Two competing theoretical explanations for the knowing purchase of counterfeit goods are Akers’ Social Learning Theory and Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Low Self-Control Theory. This A-CAPP Center Backgrounder reports results of a survey among Romanian university students about volitional […]

  Illicit Market for Counterfeit Products at Small Businesses in Michigan Read the Full Article Brandon Sullivan, Jeremy Wilson, Ross Militz, 2017   Research on small businesses facilitating illicit markets and the efforts of nonfederal law enforcement agencies to identify these small business offenders has been scant. This exploratory study examines the illicit market for […]

  Partnerships are Crucial in the Battle Against Product Counterfeits Read the full publication Brandon Sullivan, 2017   Counterfeit goods today are found throughout the world; wherever a demand for a product exists, counterfeiters quickly fill the niche. Counterfeiters compete undetected with brand owners, undermine brand profitability, fund the underground economy, and undermine brand reputation. […]