Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

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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. [1] She is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy, having been elected in 2016. [2] In 2012 she was the recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. [3]

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