Robert Eberhart, PhD
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Robert Eberhart
Associate Director of Research on Entrepreneurship and Society - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
My research focuses on the influence of institutional change on entrepreneurship, what drives institutional change, and the effect of those changes on the types of ventures that are founded and their performance. I also build on theories of institutions to discern how entrepreneurship is transforming society. Before my academic career, I spent 10 years in the semiconductor industry before I founded and ran a successful company in Tokyo. I make use of those experiences to inform my scholarship. Since earning my Ph.D. in 2014, I have published in Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, and others. My academic work has won numerous awards from the Academy of Management, Responsible Research in Management, the Western Academy of Management, among others. I am on the editorial board of Organization Science, and the research committee of the OMT division of AOM. My articles have also appeared in academic books by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Springer Publications.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Lake Tahoe Conference: Reversing the Arrow - How Entrepreneurship Affects Society
June , 2022
London School of Economics Seminar Presentation
March 15, 2022
Oxford, Said School of Business Research Seminar
March 16, 2022
MY LATEST RESEARCH NEWS
New Publication - July 2022
Freedom is Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose: Entrepreneurialism and the Changing Nature of Employment Relations
Robert Eberhart
Stanford University
Stephen Barley
University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew Nelson
University of Oregon
Forthcoming RSO Volume: “Entrepreneurialism and Society: New Theoretical Perspectives”
To be Presented:
London School of Business, March 15, 2022
Oxford Said School of Business Seminar Series, March 16, 2022
Western Academy of Management, March 18, 2022
University of North Carolina, April 3, 2022
EMLyon, May 12, 2022
New Publication - November 2020
Certification Relics: Entrepreneurship amidst Discontinued Certifications
Robert N. Eberhart
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Daniel Armanios
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Organization Science, forthcoming
ABC News Interview
Should Facebook be regulated as a media company?
New Video Discussion
Strategic Management Journal - VIDEO
"The Dark Side of Institutional Intermediaries: Junior Stock Exchanges and Entrepreneurship"
w/ C. Eesley
Interview at European Entrepreneurship Forum


Policy Presentation at Mitsubishi Research Center Symposium with M. Cusumano
I presented a perspective on how open innovation can work - or miss - their targets. Thanks to Shigeo Kagami for inviting me.
RESEARCH INFORMS POLICY
Research insights from institutional perspectives were incorporated into policy efforts through a bi-lateral commission with members appointed by the US State Department and METI
Sweden Royal Institute of Technology
My research is assisting the institute to revise it country's bankruptcy laws. The report was handed over to Mikael Damberg, Minister of Enterprise and Innovation, at the 17 October, 2017. The report, "Entreprenörskap i det 21 århundradet, SOU 2016:72 (Entrepreneurship in the 21st century)" may be downloaded at the government’s webpage: