Description
Cybercrime firms (CCFs) have significant global outreach. Combining insights from theories on white-collar crime (WCC), international relations (IR)/international political economy (IPE) perspectives, export market selection process, and market failures, we analyze CCFs’ operations and internationalization. We present research findings from multiple case studies of CCFs to interrogate the above theories and to refine, extend and further develop their arguments. Extending WCC theory, resource constraints in countries with weak rule of laws result law enforcement apparatus’ inability to cope. The IR/IPE provides additional insights by explicating mechanisms by which an economy’s international integration can drive investments law enforcement resources. It explains the stages associated with CCFs’ export market selection processes. Finally, we view that CCFs make excess/supranormal profits, for which market failure is necessary.
Recommended Citation
Kshetri, Nir, "Cybercrime Firms’ Internationalization Strategy and Tactics: An Exploratory Framework" (2017). AMCIS 2017 Proceedings. 12.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2017/Global/Presentations/12
Cybercrime Firms’ Internationalization Strategy and Tactics: An Exploratory Framework
Cybercrime firms (CCFs) have significant global outreach. Combining insights from theories on white-collar crime (WCC), international relations (IR)/international political economy (IPE) perspectives, export market selection process, and market failures, we analyze CCFs’ operations and internationalization. We present research findings from multiple case studies of CCFs to interrogate the above theories and to refine, extend and further develop their arguments. Extending WCC theory, resource constraints in countries with weak rule of laws result law enforcement apparatus’ inability to cope. The IR/IPE provides additional insights by explicating mechanisms by which an economy’s international integration can drive investments law enforcement resources. It explains the stages associated with CCFs’ export market selection processes. Finally, we view that CCFs make excess/supranormal profits, for which market failure is necessary.