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 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. 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., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503211066589.

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.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-021-04898-x. 

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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Deputy Editor, Business & Society. 

Associate Editor, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management.

Associate Editor, Academy of Management Annual Meetings (SIM Division).

Consulting Editor, Journal of Asia Business Studies.

Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Discoveries.

Guest Co-Editor, Special issue on "Climate and Finance changes: how the financial system can save itself by saving the world” for the journal "Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility." 

Guest Co-Editor, Special issue on “Global Social Movements and the Governance of the Firm” for the journal "Corporate Governance: An International Review."