Punit Arora

Dr. Punit Arora (PhD, Syracuse U.) is associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York (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.

He is currently Associate Editor at leading journals "Business & Society" and "Cross Cultural & Strategic Management." He is currently also an associate editor for the "Social Issues in Management" Division for the Academy of Management Annual Meetings.

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.

Areas of Expertise/Research

• New Business-Society Compact
• Institutional Economics
• International Business
• Corporate Governance
• Sustainability
• Startups
• corporate Social Responsibility

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Syracuse University (2006 — 2011)
• Executive MPA Syracuse University - Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (2005 — 2006)

Companies

• Department Chair The City University of New York (2021)
• Associate Editor Business & Society (2020)
• Chief Executive Officer DeftEdge (2020)
• Associate Editor Journal of Asia Business Studies (2020)
• Associate professor (Tenured) The City University of New York (2019)
• Visiting Scholar Rutgers Business School (2019)
• Board of Advisors and Chair of the Mentoring Committee The Zahn Innovation Center (2015)
• Editorial Board Business & Society (2020 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor The City University of New York (2012 — 2019)

Recent Publications

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.