Dr. Imran Chowdhury

Freie Universität Berlin

International Summer and Winter University

(FUBiS)

Email
ichowdhury[at]pace.edu

Imran Chowdhury is a faculty member at Pace University’s Lubin School of Business in New York City, where he teaches courses in international management, strategic management and entrepreneurship. His current research focuses on organizations’ attempts to balance social and economic demands simultaneously. He completed his graduate studies in France, obtaining a master’s degree at INSEAD (Fontainebleau) and his Ph.D. from ESSEC Business School (Paris). Prior to embarking on an academic career, he worked for several years in the field of international development and public health in Malawi, Uganda and the United States.

Current FUBiS courses:

  • 2012 - present 
    Assistant Professor of Management, Lubin School of Business, Pace University
  • 2012
    Ph.D. in Business Administration, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
  • 2008
    M.Sc. in Management), INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
  • 2003 - 2006
    Grant Managerand Procect Consulatant, International AIDS Vaccine Iniative, New York, USA & Entebbe, Uganda
  • 2002 - 2003
    Management Associate (Fulbright Scholar), National AIDS Commission, Lilongwe, Malawi
  • 2002
    B.A. (Honors) in Anthropology and Geography, Hunter College, New York, USA
    Honors: Fulbright Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa,     Magna cum laude
  • 2001
    Intern, Pfizer, Inc., New York, USA
  • 1998
    Regents Diploma, Stuyvesant High School, New York, USA 
  • 2012 - present
    Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York, USA
  • 2014
    Course instructor, MBA program, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York, USA
  • 2013 - 2014
    Co-instructor, Global Business Programs/ Field Study, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York, USA
  • 2012-2014
    Course instructor, BBA program, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York, USA
  • 2010-2012
    ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
  • 2012
    Teaching Assistant, Global MBA Program, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
  • 2011
    Course instructor, M.Sc. in International Management program, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
  • 2010
    Guest Lecturer, Certificate Program in Social Entrepreneurship, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

  • Zubcsek, P., Chowdhury, I., & Katona, Z. 2014. Information communities: The network structure of communication. Social Networks, 38(July): 50-62.
  • Pache, A., & Chowdhury, I. 2012. Social entrepreneurs as institutionally embedded entrepreneurs: Toward a new model of social entrepreneurship education. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 11(3): 494-510.
  • Chowdhury, I., & Sibieude, T. Business model innovation in social entrepreneurship: World Toilet Organization, Singapore. (under review)
  •  Mehrpouya, A., & Chowdhury, I. Sustaining the social-financial performance link: A framework for analysis. (under review)

Contributions to Edited Volumes:

  • Chowdhury, I., & Santos, F. 2011. Gram Vikas: What is the essence of social entrepreneurship? In J. Hamschmidt and M. Pirson (Eds.), Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: The oikos Collection (Volume 2). Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, 43-68. 
  • Chowdhury, I., & Santos, F. 2010. Scaling social innovations: The case of Gram Vikas. In P. Bloom and E. Skloot (Eds.), Scaling Social Impact: New Thinking. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 147-168.

Working Papers:

  • Chowdhury, I. Multiple institutional logics and inter-organizational partnership: The dynamics of cooperation between social enterprises (Dissertation Paper).  (Preparing for submission to Academy of Management Journal).
  • Winner, Best Student Paper Award, Social Issues in Management Division, AOM 2012
  • Nominee, William H. Newman Award, AOM 2012
  • Chowdhury, I, Mukherjee, P., Korn, H., Eisner, A., & Christodoulou, Z. Immigrant communities and small business succession: Greek diners in New Jersey. (Preparing for submission to Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice).
  • Gautier, A., Pache, A., & Chowdhury, I. The emergence of non-profit functions within for-profit organizations: Corporate philanthropy in France, 1980-2011. (Preparing for submission to Academy of Management Journal.)