Biography

Robert N. Eberhart (Ph.D. Stanford 2014) directs research at Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he studies entrepreneurship and how it shapes society. He earned his Ph.D. in Management Science from Stanford University and his academic publications span topics such as new theoretical constructs on how institutional change has complex effects on new firms and how entrepreneurship is changing society. He sits on the boards of technical ventures and non-profits in the U.S. and Japan. Before his academic career, Dr. Eberhart was a partner at Pacific Rim Partners, and he was the founder and CEO of WineInStyle KK in Tokyo, Japan. He has advised governments in the U.S., Japan, and Sweden. Prior to founding WineInStyle, Dr. Eberhart was an executive with semiconductor and electronics hardware companies.

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Research Interest

Entrepreneurship an Ideology that Drives the Acceptance of Inequality