The issue of the nature and extent of legal protection of software arises in the context of a global software industry in which: a) suppliers and users are both heavily concentrated in the OECD countries; b) US firms dominate the global market, especially for packaged software; c) software...

Microcomputers, with the right software, provide a powerful tool for managers to accumulate, sort and analyse information. The necessity for managers to understand and use microcomputers is discussed and, more importantly, managers need to realise that the “right” software used with a...