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Dr. Punit Arora (PhD, Syracuse U.) is associate professor of strategy, sustainability and entrepreneurship at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at t¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ (CUNY). His research examines issues surrounding new business-society compact, sustainability, CSR, corporate governance, social issues in management and entrepreneurship. His dissertation on corporate bankruptcy was a runner up for the Wiley-Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation in Business Policy and Strategy Award at the 2012 Academy of Management. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Arora served in leadership positions with government, business and international organizations. A former member of the prestigious Indian Civil Service, Dr. Arora has advised business, governments and development organizations in over 50 countries.    

PhD, Syracuse University

Arora, P., Nagaraj, P., Bengoa, M., & Mukherjee, D. (2025). Immigrant entrepreneurship in the United States: Intersectionality as a blessing and a curse. Journal of Business Venturing, 40(4), 106501. ,

Arora, P., Jain, T., & Gaur, A. (2024). Communalizing Private Costs: Ownership Concentration, Institutions and  Corporate Environmental Performance. Global Strategy Journal. .

Clark, C., Arora, P., Gabaldon, P., & Jain, T. (2024). Global Social Movements and the Governance of the Firm: Past, Present and Future. Corporate Governance- An International Review, 1–14. .

Popli, M., Raithatha, M., & Arora, P. (2024). Institutional Imprints and Corporate Misconduct: Unravelling the Interplay of Economic History and Firm Choices on Earnings Manipulation in an Emerging Economy. Business & Society, .

Arora, P., & Gaur, A. (2022). Peer directors’ effort, firm efficiency and performance of diversified firms: An efficacy-based view of governance.  Journal of Business Research, 151: 593-608.

Arora, P., & Stephen, S. (2022). In Defense of Capitalism: Modern Slavery Would be Much Worse without it. Business & Society. .

Clark C., Arora P., & P. Gabaldon (2021). "Female Representation on Corporate Boards in Europe: The Interplay of Organizational Social Consciousness and Institutions", Journal of Business Ethics.  ;

Arora, P., & P. De (2020). "Environmental sustainability practices and exports: The interplay of strategy and institutions in Latin America", Journal of World Business 55(4): 101094.

Arora, P. (2018). "Financially linked independent directors and bankruptcy reemergence: The role of director effort", Journal of Management 44(7): 2665-2689.

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Incoming Co-Editor-in-Chief, Business & Society. 

Executive leadership track, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management, 2023-28.