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.

Selected publications

 * Brown, Shona L. and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos. Harvard Business School Press, 1998. (winner, George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management).
 * Sull, Donald and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.