Kristina Olson and colleagues from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania recently did a study that discovered how preschoolers from different countries often don't view the stealing of ideas as negative.
Both UW Today and Smithsonian.com wrote articles about the study. You can read them here: UW Today - http://www.washington.edu/news/2014/03/11/no-one-likes-a-copycat-no-matter-where-you-live/ Smithsonian.com - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/copy-cats-are-universally-looked-down-upon-worlds-children-180950077/?no-ist