Dr. Robert N. Eberhart – Associate Professor at University of San Diego

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Robert N. Eberhart is an Associate Professor of Management and the Faculty Director of the Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego. He is also a visiting professor at Oxford University and a research associate at Columbia University. His research interests focus on theories of institutional change and the role of institutions on new venture performance. Professor Eberhart’s academic publications that have appeared in journals such as Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, and the Journal of Asian Business Studies include topics such as new theoretical constructs on how institutional change has complex effects on new firms and entrepreneurs and how the entrepreneurial ideologies are altering social relationships. He won awards for the BPS Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2014 from the Academy of Management, 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, NPS’s “All Things Considered”, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Nikkei Weekly, and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and interviewed on ABC News. Dr. Eberhart was the vice-chair of the U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Economics, Trade, and Industry’s joint commission on bilateral entrepreneurship. Dr. Eberhart was a member of the board of directors of DynEd, Inc.. the Japan Society of Northern California, the Japan Innovation Network, and iPive, Inc. He is also an academic advisor to Japan’s Board of Director’s Training Institute and the academic advisor to the NFL’s Green Bay Packers Football Team. Dr. Eberhart was also an academic advisor to the American Chamber of Commerce’s Task Force on New Growth Strategies. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the Institute of New Economic Theory, the International Society for New Institutional Economics. Professor Eberhart earned his Ph.D. in Management Science from Stanford University after graduating from the University of Michigan (MA Economics) and Michigan State University (BA Finance). Before resuming his academic career, he was the founder and CEO of a successful Japanese company that distributed wine throughout Asia. He also held senior management positions in the semiconductor industry. He is a private pilot, restores British sports cars, has three children, and is married to Dr. Delores Eberhart, a dentist in Palo Alto. Mirav Ozeri – Podcast Host of How Much Can I Make? – Real Job. Real Stories. Career Insights

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Mirav Ozeri is a career insights journalist and the creator and host of the podcast How Much Can I Make? – Real Jobs. Real Stories. Career Insights. Through the show, she explores what careers are truly like by interviewing professionals from a wide range of industries, examining how they got started, the skills required to succeed, the challenges they face, and what they earn. Her work focuses on delivering practical, real world guidance for listeners who are pursuing their first job, considering a career change, launching a side hustle, or exploring entrepreneurship. Ozeri’s podcast aims to provide an inside look at the job market by going beyond titles to reveal the realities of different professions and the pathways into them. Each episode features candid conversations with individuals who share their career journeys and offer actionable advice to help others move forward with confidence. The program has been recognized with a nomination for the 2025 Women in Podcasting Award, reflecting its growing impact among career focused audiences. In addition to hosting, Ozeri is associated with Oz Films Inc. and is based in New York, further underscoring her professional involvement in media and content creation.