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.