Valeria Cavotta
Asst Professor
Zicklin School of Business
Department: Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Email Address: valeria.cavotta@baruch.cuny.edu
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Valeria Cavotta is a Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Baruch College, City University of New York. She received her PhD in management from University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Before joining Baruch College, she was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management at University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) and visiting fellow at Imperial College Business School (UK). Dr. Cavotta has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in entrepreneurship, marketing, and business ethics at Baruch College (USA), University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), University of Klagenfurt (Austria), and Queen Mary University (UK). Her research interests include social entrepreneurship, informal entrepreneurship, indigenous entrepreneurship, and storytelling. Dr. Cavotta's research on these and related topics has been published in the world’s leading academic journals, including Journal of Business Venturing, Organization Studies, and Journal of Business Ethics, among others.
Education
Ph.D., Management, University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | ENT | 3960 | An Entrepreneurial Pre-Launch |
| Fall 2024 | ENT | 3971 | Multicultural Entrepreneurial |
| Spring 2024 | ENT | 3960 | An Entrepreneurial Pre-Launch |
| Fall 2023 | ENT | 3971 | Multicultural Entrepreneurial |
Journal Articles
(2023). Prosocial organizing and the distance between core and community work. Organization Studies , 44(4).
(2023). Mobilizing after corporate environmental irresponsibility in a community of place: A framing microprocess perspective. . Journal of Business Ethics, 182. 1155–1169.
(2023). All that glitters: A call for more research on corrupt entrepreneurship. Innovation: Organization & Management, 25(4). 348-370.
Cavotta, V., & Dalpiaz, E. (2022). Good apples in spoiled barrels: A temporal model of firm formalization in a field characterized by widespread informality. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(2).
(2019). A double-edged sword: cultural entrepreneurship and the mobilisation of morally tainted cultural resources. Innovation: Organization & Management,
Book Chapters
(2022). Towards a Relational Understanding of the Impact of Organisational Pro-Social Activities.. The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 161-178). Rootledge Taylor & Francis Group..
Mena, S., Cavotta, V., & Tirapani, A. (2021). From explanation to outcome: The use of institutional theory in corporate responsibility research. . Routledge Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 168-180). Rootledge Taylor & Francis Group.
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best researcher under-40 | Free university of Bozen-Bolzano | 2022-06-17 | Award for young researchers sponsored by Sparkasse Bank. |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Field Centre Advisor | Faculty Advisor | Present | |
| UPBI | Faculty Advisor | Present | |
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| ZSB Continuous Improvement Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Admission Fall Open House | Presenter | 9/30/2023 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Hoc Reviewer | Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 9/1/2020 | Present | International |