Browsing BI Open by Author "Welle-Strand, Anne"

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    • Assessing microfinance: The Bosnia and Herzegovina case 

      Welle-Strand, Anne; Sitter, Nick; Kjøllesdal, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Microfinance is often hailed both as a tool for fighting poverty and as a tool for post-conflict reconciliation. This paper explores the use of microfinance in post-civil war Bosnia and Herzegovina, assessing its results ...

    • Business and State Balancing International Development Agendas – The Case of Norwegian CSR 

      Welle-Strand, Anne; Vlaicu, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      This study looks into the interplay between governments and transnational corporations (TNCs) regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR), and it investigates the potentials to link CSR to the international development ...

    • Foreign aid strategies: China taking over? 

      Welle-Strand, Anne; Kjøllesdal, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Over the past decade China has emerged as an important source of foreign aid for African countries. Providing aid on terms of its own choosing, China challenges the current foreign aid paradigm in four main ways: ...

    • ICT, learning & value creation: strategies missing? 

      Welle-Strand, Anne; Tjeldvold, Arild (Research Report, Research report, 2002)
      What are effects of the ICT-revolution on the organising of learning within universities and corporations and on the “learning relations” between corporations and universities? The pilot study has responded to this question ...

    • The Taiwanese Economic “Miracle”: Continuing? 

      Welle-Strand, Anne; Chen, Pei-Fen; Ball, Graeme (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The island of Taiwan has successfully managed sixty years of fast-paced economic growth. Taiwan is a demonstrably resilient player in the global economy, while also maintaining high levels of income equality. However, there ...

    • Worldwide Virtual Ed.?: an empirical study of ICT for and in internationalization processes in a business school 

      Thune, Taran; Welle-Strand, Anne (Research Report, Research report, 2003)
      This report addresses the issues of internationalization and how information and communication technologies are parts of internationalization processes in higher education. It is frequently assumed that Information and ...