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Stein Oluf Kristiansen

Stein Oluf Kristiansen

Professor

Professor

Department of Economics and Finance >

 

+47 38 14 15 21

+47 975 41 251

Office:
9I250 ( Universitetsveien 19, Kristiansand )

Professor Stein Kristiansen holds a cand.polit. degree from University of Bergen and cand.merc. and PhD degrees from the Norwegian School of Economics. He has worked full time with UiA since 1989 and previously held positions at Agder Research Foundation and Norwegian School of Economics. His specialization is in development studies. He is currently an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Indonesia.

He has published articles on topics such as entrepreneurship and innovation, governance and corruption, the digital divide, common pool resource management, and economic linkages in journals such as Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Contemporary Southeast Asia, European Journal of Development Research,The International Information and Library Review, International Journal of Educational Development, andHealth Policy.

He was for many years the leader of the Development Studies Program under the Department of Economics at UiA and has 30 years of experience in building networks and managing cooperation with universities in Africa and Asia. He has been the leader of several institutional cooperation and research programs funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NORAD. He is currently in charge of Internship programs for Master students working in Norwegian enterprises in Norway, China, India, Indonesia and Tanzania.

Professor Kristiansen has recently given public lectures or talks on the Nordic Development Model at cooperating universities in India (JNU) and Indonesia (UGM). He is an Editorial Board member of two international journals on economics and management, based at UGM in Indonesia (Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business andJournal of Indonesian Economy and Business). 

Academic interests

Professor Kristiansen is currently engaged in research on common pool resource management in peripheral parts of Indonesia. Focus is set on possibilities to increase land-use efficiency in areas with communal land ownership, which is the custom in major parts of poor economies. New Institutional Economics is used as the main theoretical basis for this research.

He is teaching and counselling in courses such as ‘Emerging Markets’ and ‘Internship in High-Growth Economies’, and he is supervising Master and PhD students working on issues such as entrepreneurship, business entry modes, good governance and creative industries. 

Projects

- Member of Research Group on Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UiA’s School of Business and Law

- Project leader of interdisciplinary UiA-UGM research and PhD program

Scientific publications

  • Apriliyanti, Indri Dwi; Kristiansen, Stein (2019). The logics of political business in state-owned enterprises: the case of Indonesia. International Journal of Emerging Markets. ISSN: 1746-8809. doi:10.1108/IJOEM-08-2018-0433.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2018). Institutions and Rural Stagnation in Eastern Indonesia. Bulletin of Indonesian economic studies. ISSN: 0007-4918. 54 (2). s 193 - 214. doi:10.1080/00074918.2018.1441526.
  • Pudyatmoko, Satyawan; Budiman, Arief; Kristiansen, Stein (2018). Towards sustainable coexistence: People and wild mammals in Baluran National Park, Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics. ISSN: 1389-9341. 90s 151 - 159. doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2018.02.006.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Sulistiawati, Linda (2016). Traditions, Land Rights, and Local Welfare Creation: Studies from Eastern Indonesia. Bulletin of Indonesian economic studies. ISSN: 0007-4918. 52 (2). s 209 - 227. doi:10.1080/00074918.2015.1129049.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2013). Crossing borders to widen perspectives. Management for Progress : Festschrift in honor of the manifold academician Professor Harald Knudsen, 70 years. ISBN: 978-82-7099-734-3. Novus Forlag. 6. s 115 - 135.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Dwiyanto, Agus; Pramusinto, Agus; Agus Putranto, Erwan (2009). Public Sector Reforms and Financial Transparency: Experiences from Indonesian Districts. Contemporary Southeast Asia. ISSN: 0129-797X. 31 (1). s 64 - 87.
  • Furuholt, Bjørn; Kristiansen, Stein; Wahid, Fathul (2008). Gaming or gaining? Comparing the use of Internet cafés in Indonesia and Tanzania. The international information & library review. ISSN: 1057-2317. 40 (2). s 129 - 139.
  • Furuholt, Bjørn; Kristiansen, Stein (2007). A rural-urban Digital Divide? Regional aspects of Internet use in Tanzania. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. ISSN: 1681-4835. 31 (6). s 15.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2007). Entry Barriers in Rural Business: The Case of Egg Production in Eastern Indonesia. Journal of Entrepreneurship. ISSN: 0971-3557. 16 (1). s 53 - 76.
  • Furuholt, Bjørn; Kristiansen, Stein (2007). Internet Cafés in Asia and Africa ? Venues for Education and Learning?. Journal of Community Informatics. ISSN: 1712-4441. 3 (2). s 1 - 16.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Ramli, Muhid (2006). Buying an Income: The Market for Civil Service Positions in Indonesia. Contemporary Southeast Asia. ISSN: 0129-797X. 28 (2). s 207 - 233.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Pratikno, ukjent-for-m039443 (2006). Decentralising education in Indonesia. International Journal of Educational Development. ISSN: 0738-0593. 26s 513 - 531.
  • Wahid, Fathul; Furuholt, Bjørn; Kristiansen, Stein (2006). Internet for development? Patterns of use among Internet café customers in Indonesia,. Information Development. ISSN: 0266-6669. 22 (4). s 278 - 291.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Wahid, Fathul; Furuholt, Bjørn (2006). Investing in knowledge? Information asymmetry and Indonesian schooling. The international information & library review. ISSN: 1057-2317. 38 (4). s 192 - 204.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Santoso, P (2006). Surviving decentralisation? Impacts of regional autonomy on health service provision in Indonesia. Health Policy. ISSN: 0168-8510. 77s 247 - 259.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2006). Transaction Costs and Linkage Creation: Experiences from Indonesia. European Journal of Development Research. ISSN: 0957-8811. 18 (4). s 662 - 683.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Trijono, Lambang (2005). Authority and Law Enforcement: Local Government Reforms and Security Systems in Indonesia. Contemporary Southeast Asia. ISSN: 0129-797X. 27 (2). s 236 - 254.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2005). Cottage industries in Tanzania: Can they survive?. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. ISSN: 1465-7503. 6 (2). s 97 - 104.
  • Furuholt, Bjørn; Kristiansen, Stein; Wahid, Fathul (2005). Information dissemination in a developing society: Internet café users in Indonesia. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. ISSN: 1681-4835. 22 (3). s 1 - 17.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2005). Information flows and adaptation in Tanzanian cottage industries. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. ISSN: 0898-5626. 17 (5). s 365 - 388.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2004). Entrepreneurial intention among Indonesian and Norwegian students. Journal of Enterprising Culture. ISSN: 0218-4958. 12 (1). s 55 - 78.
  • Wahid, Fathul; Furuholt, Bjørn; Kristiansen, Stein (2004). Information diffusion agents and the spread of Internet cafés in Indonesia. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. ISSN: 1529-3181. 13s 659 - 683.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2004). Liberalisation, information and innovation: Cottage garment industries in Tanzania. European Journal of Development Research. ISSN: 0957-8811. 16 (2). s 375 - 395.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2004). Social networks and business success: The role of subcultures in an African context. ?. 63 (5). s 1149 - 1171.
  • Jenssen, Jan Inge; Kristiansen, Stein (2004). Sub-cultures and entrepreneurship: The value of social capital in Tanzanian business. Journal of Entrepreneurship. ISSN: 0971-3557. 13 (1).
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Indarti, Nurul (2003). Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention: The Case of Norwegian Students. ?. 5 (1). s 79 - 96.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Furuholt, Bjørn; Wahid, Fathul (2003). Internet café entrepreneurs: Pioneers in information dissemination in Indonesia. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. ISSN: 1465-7503. 4 (4). s 251 - 263.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2003). North-South academic institutional collaboration: The case of Mzumbe University, Tanzania, and Agder University College, Norway. ?. 3 (2).
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2003). Small-scale business in rural Java: Involution or innovation?. Journal of Entrepreneurship. ISSN: 0971-3557. 12 (1). s 21 - 41.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2003). Survival of cottage industries in Africa: The case of clustering and social networks in Tanzanian garment industries. ?. 21 (3). s 365 - 382.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2003). Violent Youth Groups in Indonesia: The Cases of Yogyakarta and Nusa Tenggara Barat. Sojourn. ISSN: 0217-4472. 18 (1). s 110 - 138.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2002). Competition and Knowledge in Javanese Rural Business. Singapore journal of tropical geography. ISSN: 0129-7619. 23 (1). s 52 - 70.
  • Ryen, Anne; Kristiansen, Stein (2002). Enacting their Business Environments: Asian Entreprenurs in East Africa. ?. 1 (3). s 165 - 186.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2002). Enacting their business environments: Asian Entrepreneurs in East Africa. African and Asian Studies. ISSN: 1569-2094. 1 (3). s 165 - 187.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2002). Individual perception of business contexts: The case of small-scale entrepreneurs in Tanzania. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. ISSN: 1084-9467. 7 (3). s 283 - 305.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2001). Promoting African Pioneers in Business: What makes a Context Conducive to Small-Scale Entrepreneurship?. Journal of Entrepreneurship. ISSN: 0971-3557. 10 (1). s 43 - 69.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2000). Determinants of entrepreneurial endeavour. African Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development. Edited by L.K. Rutashobya and D.R. Olomi. Dar es Salaam University Press. s 139 - 159.
  • Holbek, Jonny; Kristiansen, Stein Oluf; Randøy, Trond (2013). Management for Progress : Festschrift in honor of the manifold academician Professor Harald Knudsen, 70 years. ISBN: 978-82-7099-734-3. Novus Forlag. s 303.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2014). Doing Business in Asia.
  • Kristiansen, Stein (2014). Historical Foundations for the Nordic Development Model.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Ibadildin, Nygmet (2014). Avoiding the resource curse by diversification? Comparing linkage strategies in Kazakhstan and Norway.
  • Kristiansen, Stein; Sulistiawati, Linda (2014). Traditions, land rights, and local welfare creation: Studies from eastern Indonesia.

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