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Nilakshi Borah

Associate Professor
Finance University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Specialty area(s)

Corporate Finance

Current courses at UWL

Spring 2023:

FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management

FIN 440: Multinational Financial Management

FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance

Career

Teaching history

FALL 2014: BUS 730: Decision Framing and Decision Making in Complex Environments; FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management; SPRING 2015: FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management FALL 2015: BUS 760: Managing in a Global Environment; FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management; Spring 2016: BUS 760: Managing in a Global Environment; FIN 440/540: Multinational Financial Management; FALL 2016: BUS 760: Managing in a Global Environment; FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management; Spring 2017: BUS 760: Managing in a Global Environment; FIN 440/540: Multinational Financial Management; FALL 2017: BUS 760: Managing in a Global Environment; FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management; Spring 2018: BUS 760: Managing in a Global Environment; FIN 440/540: Multinational Financial Management; FALL 2018: FIN 720: Fundamentals of Managerial Finance (University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium); Spring 2019: FIN 440: Multinational Financial Management; FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management; FIN 720: Fundamentals of Managerial Finance (University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium); Fall 2019: FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance; FIN 720: Fundamentals of Managerial Finance (University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium); Spring 2020: FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance; FIN 440: Multinational Financial Management; Fall 2020: FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance; Spring 2021: FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance; FIN 440: Multinational Financial Management; Fall 2021: FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance; Spring 2022: FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance; FIN 440: Multinational Financial Management; Fall 2022: FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management; FIN 485: Problems and Cases in Finance

Research and publishing

Does corporate diversification reduce value in high technology firms? Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 51(3), 683-718

Does CEO inside debt compensation benefit both shareholders and debtholders?, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 54(1), 159-203

Board leadership structure and corporate headquarters location, Journal of Economics and Finance, 44(1), 35-58

Is Small and Independent Board a Better Board? An Example of High-tech Firms, Journal of Finance Issues, 18(1)

The effectiveness of board independence in high-discretion industries, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 85, 103-117