Robert N. Eberhart
Robert N. Eberhart is at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business where he studies entrepreneurship and how it shapes society. Professor Eberhart's academic publications include topics such as new theoretical constructs on how institutional change has complex effects on new firms and entrepreneurs. Professor Eberhart won awards for the Responsible Research in Business and Management (2020), Organizations and Management Division Best Theory Paper (2017), Outstanding Scholar Award at SCU (2017, 2018), Best Paper Award at the Western Academy of Management (2016) Best Paper Proceeding of the 2012 Academy of Management, and from the Fondation France-Japon de l'EHESS. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Forbes magazine, the Nikkei Weekly, and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. He served as the Vice-Chairperson of the U.S. Dept. of State and METI’s Japan-US Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council, where he led the policy writing effort.