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Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

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Business and Management
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
86
Citations
235231
World Ranking
114
National Ranking
56

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen M. Eisenhardt sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 191 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen M. Eisenhardt sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society

Overview

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with particular attention to subfields such as Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Management Science and Operations Research, Computer Science Applications, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Open Source Software Innovations
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
  • Management and Organizational Studies

Among their recent papers are:

  • What is the Eisenhardt Method, really? (2021, Strategic Organization)
  • What is digital transformation? Core tensions facing established companies on the global stage (2022, Global Strategy Journal)
  • Strategy and Uncertainty: Resource-Based View, Strategy-Creation View, and the Hybrid Between Them (2021, Journal of Management)
  • Get rich or die trying... finding revenue model fit using machine learning and multiple cases (2020, Strategic Management Journal)
  • Decision weaving: Forming novel, complex strategy in entrepreneurial settings (2020, Strategic Management Journal)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eisenhardt include:

  • Nathan Furr
  • Ron Tidhar
  • Xavier Mundet
  • Axel Zeijen
  • Rahul Kapoor

Their work is frequently published in journals and proceedings such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Strategic Management Journal
  • Organization Science
  • Strategic Organization
  • Global Strategy Journal

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt has also been recognized with awards including the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research from the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in 2012. Additionally, they have received distinctions such as Dean of Fellow from the Academy of Management and Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.

Best Publications

  • Building theories from case study research.

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Melissa E. Graebner

  • Building theories from case study research

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES, WHAT ARE THEY?

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Jeffrey A. Martin

  • Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • The Art of Continuous Change: Linking Complexity Theory and Time-Paced Evolution in Relentlessly Shifting Organizations

    Shona L. Brown;Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Making Fast Strategic Decisions In High-Velocity Environments

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Building Theories from Case Study Research

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PAST RESEARCH, PRESENT FINDINGS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

    Shona L. Brown;Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review

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  • Resource-based View of Strategic Alliance Formation: Strategic and Social Effects in Entrepreneurial Firms

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Claudia Bird Schoonhoven

  • Exploring the Black Box: An Analysis of Work Group Diversity, Conflict and Performance

    Lisa Hope Pelled;Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Katherine R. Xin

  • Accelerating Adaptive Processes: Product Innovation in the Global Computer Industry

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Behnam N. Tabrizi

  • Politics of Strategic Decision Making in High-Velocity Environments: Toward a Midrange Theory

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;L. J. Bourgeois

  • Organizational Growth: Linking Founding Team, Strategy, Environment, and Growth among U.S. Semiconductor Ventures, 1978-1988.

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Claudia Bird Schoonhoven

  • Control: Organizational and Economic Approaches

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Strategic decision processes in high velocity environments: four cases in the microcomputer industry

    L. J. Bourgeois;Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Competing on the Edge : Strategy as Structured Chaos

    Kathleen M Eisenhardt;Shona L Brown

  • Strategic decision making

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Mark J. Zbaracki

  • Better Stories and Better Constructs: The Case for Rigor and Comparative Logic

    Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

  • Strategy as simple rules.

    K M Eisenhardt;D N Sull

  • Developing Theory Through Simulation Methods

    Jason P. Davis;Kathleen M. Eisenhardt;Christopher B. Bingham

  • Constructing Markets and Shaping Boundaries: Entrepreneurial Power in Nascent Fields

    Filipe M. Santos;Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis A. Gioia
Dennis A. Gioia Pennsylvania State University
Michael G. Jacobides
Michael G. Jacobides London Business School
Ann Langley
Ann Langley HEC Montréal
Ron Adner
Ron Adner Dartmouth College
Alfonso Gambardella
Alfonso Gambardella Bocconi University
George Tagaras
George Tagaras Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
W. Richard Scott
W. Richard Scott Stanford University
John E. Prescott
John E. Prescott University of Pittsburgh
Kevin G. Corley
Kevin G. Corley Imperial College London
Alan D. Meyer
Alan D. Meyer University of Oregon

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