Punit Arora

Associate Professor

Main Affiliation

Economics and Business

Additional Departments/Affiliated Programs

Areas of Expertise/Research

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

Building

North Academic Center

Office

5/141A

Phone

212-650-5403

Fax

212-650-8502

Website

Punit Arora

Profile

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.    

Current Academic Leadership

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Business & Society

Program Chair, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management, Philadelphia, 2025-2026. 

Select Publications

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.

(For a complete list, please visit the r page). 

 

Education

PhD, Syracuse University