Employee photo: Odd Jarl Borch

Odd Jarl Borch

Professor Emeritus
Nord University Business School
Study location
Bodø
Office
Bodø, Hovedbygget, 2017
Areas of expertise
Strategy, Business and industry, Organisation and Management, Entrepreneurship, Security, High North

Odd Jarl Borch is a Professor of Strategy and Business Administration at the Nord University Business School, Bodo, Norway. He received his M.Sc. from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, Norway in 1979, and his PhD from Umea University in Sweden in 1990. He has a Master Mariner education from Bodin Maritime Academy.

Dr. Borch is conducting research within the field of organization and strategic management, focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation within the marine and maritime industries, and within emergency response services. He has been leading several projects on maritime safety, security and emergency preparedness. Dr. Borch is the author of more than 150 scientific publications, and has served at several government committees within industry development, safety and preparedness, including the Norwegian government total preparedness commission..

He was the founder and first leader of the University of the Arctic thematic network on Arctic Safety and Security including 21 universities and research institutions in nine countries. He has represented the UArctic as head of delegation of observers within the Arctic Council special committee on Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME).

He has established NORDLAB - Nord university crisis management laboratory.

Teaching Areas:

Crisis management and emergency preparedness

Total defense

Ship operation and management

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Business Strategy

Organization theory

Industry and Regional Development

Project management and publications

In total 170 publications and project management of approx 40 research projects.

2017
Navigation safety and risk assessment challenges in the high north Marine Navigation. Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation 2017 - Nataliya Marchenko, Odd Jarl Borch, Natalia Andreassen, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Valur Ingimundarson, Uffe Jakobsen
2005
1999
Landbrukssamvirket 1999 - Odd Jarl Borch, Egil Petter Stræte
2024
2022
10 tiltak for økt robusthet mot hybride trusler 2022 - Odd Jarl Borch, Tanja Ellingsen, Johannes Schmied
2017
Emergency preparedness in the Barents Sea 2017 Arctic shipping 2017 - Ørjan Selvik, Kay Endre Fjørtoft, Tor Einar Berg, Odd Jarl Borch, Johannes Schmied
2016
Safe Operations in the Arctic - The Polar Code and the need for vessel capacities and competence in SAR emergencies 2016 UArctic Congress 2016 - Johannes Schmied, Tor Einar Berg, Odd Jarl Borch, Kay Endre Fjørtoft, Andrey Kazakov, James Parsons, Ensieh Kheiri Pileh Roud, Ørjan Selvik
Sarinor WP7 Rapport -Behov for trening, øving og annen kompetanseutvikling innenfor søk- og redning i nordområdene 2016 - Odd Jarl Borch, Ensieh Kheiri Pileh Roud, Johannes Schmied, Tor Einar Berg, Kay Endre Fjørtoft, Ørjan Selvik, James Parsons, Alexander Gorobtsov
Maritime Activity and Risk Patterns in The High North. MARPART Project Report 2 2016 - Odd Jarl Borch, Natalia Andreassen, Nataliya Marchenko, Valur Ingimundarson, Halla Gunnarsdóttir, Uffe Jakobsen, Bolette Kern, Iurii Iudin, Sergey Petrov, Sergey V Markov, Svetlana Kuznetsova
Maritime activity in the High North - current and estimated level up to 2025. MARPART Project report 1 2016 - Odd Jarl Borch, Natalia Andreassen, Nataliya Marchenko, Valur Ingimundarson, Halla Gunnarsdóttir, Iurii Iudin, Sergey Petrov, Uffe Jakobsen, Birita i Dali
2008
Dynamic Capabilities – Conceptualization and Operationalization 2008 The Academy of Management Conference - Gry Agnete Alsos, Odd Jarl Borch, Elisabet Ljunggren, Einar Lier Madsen
2007
Torskeoppdrett på tur opp? 2007 - Odd Jarl Borch, Bent Dreyer, Geir Grundvåg Ottesen, Ingrid H.E. Roaldsen
Økologisk torskeoppdrett - nye markedsmuligheter 2007 - Odd Jarl Borch, Bent Dreyer, Geir Grundvåg Ottesen, Ingrid H.E. Roaldsen
2005
Matgrunderen 2005 - Odd Jarl Borch
2000
1985