...Iolanda D’Amato; Valeria Belvedere; Thanos Papadimitriou Purpose From a supply chain perspective, counterfeiting is only part of a wider phenomenon defined as “illegitimate trade,” which includes supply chain infiltrations, factory overruns, gray and parallel markets, retail service counterfeiting...

... differ from traditional models. Firms are no longer limited to one single economy and a large number of supply chains now outsource their activities and/or operations to outbound countries or areas. This trend has created a shocking phenomenon: a huge number of counterfeited or pirated items...