The Economic Costs and Implications of High-Technology Hardware Theft

Table of contents

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• Title Page i
• Preface iii
• Contents v
• Figures vii
• Tables ix
• Executive Summary xi
• Acknowledgments xix
• Chapter One - Introduction 1
• Chapter Two - the Direct Costs of High-Tech Hardware Theft 7
• Chapter Three - the Indirect Costs of High-Tech Hardware Theft 17
• Chapter Four - Returns on Security Investments 29
• Chapter Five - Summary of Findings and Policy Conclusions 33
• Appendix a Overview of Theft Incident Reporting System (tirs) and Data Collection Protocols 41
• Appendix B Models of the Indirect Costs of Theft 49
• Appendix C Statistical Analysis of Loss Patterns 59
• Bibliography 61