Kathy Eisenhardt

KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT is the Stanford W. Ascherman M.D. Professor at Stanford University and Co-Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She is also a visiting faculty member within INSEAD's Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise area.

Professor Eisenhardt's work centers on strategy and organization, especially in technology-based companies and high-velocity industries. She has worked extensively with a variety of firms, ranging from telecommunications, software, computing, biotech, and semiconductor to agribusiness and solar power. She is a co-author of Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos (Harvard Business School Press), winner of the George R. Terry award for outstanding contribution to management thinking and named one of the top 10 business and investing books by Amazon.com. Professor Eisenhardt also has published in a variety of academic and management journals. She was the first author featured in Harvard Business Review's OnPoint collections.

Professor Eisenhardt's research focus is on strategy and organization in uncertain, high-velocity markets with emphasis on complexity and power theories. She is currently studying the use of heuristics in strategies, creation of synergies in multi-business corporations, building alliance portfolios by entrepreneurial firms, and strategic interaction.

She has received the career Scholarly Contribution Award from the Academy of Management as well as from the Organization and Management Theory division. She has also received numerous awards including the Irwin Award for her contributions in strategy, the ASQ Scholarly Contribution award for the most influential paper five years after publication, and Strategic Management Society's Schendel Best Paper prize. She was recently noted as most cited research author in the domain of strategy and organization studies in the past 25 years. Professor Eisenhardt also consults at senior levels on strategy and organization for a variety of global corporations.

Kathy Eisenhardt is the Co-Director at Start-Up Chile, based in South America. With a background in Market Research, Kathy Eisenhardt has a rich history of leadership and innovation.Kathy Eisenhardt studied Ph.D unknown at Stanford University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.