Thomas R. Eisenmann is an American economist and currently the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

, the Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair at the

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, and the Faculty Co-chair of HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Eisenmann is also the author of the book Why Startups Fail. Before Teaching at Harvard, Eisenmann was previously a management consultant at

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinse ...

, where he was co-head of their Media and Entertainment Practice.

Education

*1998, D.B.A., Business Policy,

*1983, MBA, Harvard Business School *1979, BA, Economics,

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References

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