Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Kathleen Marie Eisenhardt (born 1947) is the Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D. Professor and co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University. She is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy, having been elected in 2016. In 2012 she was the recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research.

Eisenhardt is best known for the Eisenhardt Method, which aims to build theory from case comparisons.

Awarded publications (Winner, Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award, Academy of Management). (Winner, George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management). (Winner, ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution, Administrative Science Quarterly). (Nominated, AMR Decade Award, Academy of Management Review) (Winner, Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society). (Winner, ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution, Administrative Science Quarterly). (Selected, Top Ten Summer Reads, Wall Street Journal). (Winner, William F. Glueck Best Paper Award, Academy of Management).