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The Karl Borch Lecture Series

The Karl Borch Lecture is an annual lecture held by world-class scholars on a current research topic.

The Karl Borch Lecture Series was established in 2002 by the Department, in honor of Borch.
The lecture is on a current research topic and given by distinguished scholars, whose research capture the pioneering spirit of Karl Borch, but not necessarily his fields of research in a narrow sense.

Karl Borch Lecture 2027

The 21st Karl Borch Lecture will be given by Professor Xavier Giroud.

His research examines how companies allocate (and misallocate) resources across company units, the interplay between finance and labor, corporate taxation, corporate governance, and venture capital. He is the Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School. The title of his talk is “Resource allocation within firms”.

Programme - Friday, February 19, 2027

 

Coffee

 

(Karl Borch's Aud.)

Introduction

 

The 21st Karl Borch Lecture

(Karl Borch's Aud.)

Professor Xavier Giroud

Resource allocation within firms

 

 

 

 

Lunch (by invitation only)

Karl Borch Lectures 2002-2026

 

Karl H. Borch

Karl H. Borch
Karl H. Borch

Karl H. Borch was a professor at NHH between 1963 and 1986, and is considered one of the founders of economics of uncertainty, counting 150 scientific articles in journals and conference proceedings, and three books.

Xavier Giroud

Xavier Giroud

Professor Xavier Giroud - the Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School