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Eric J. Van den Steen

Eric Van den Steen is a Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he teaches strategy. He holds the Roy Little chair, established in honor of the founder of Textron.  Professor Van den Steen's research studies the fundamentals of strategy and competitive advantage, the role of leaders in strategy, and the interaction between strategy and organization more broadly. He has also researched...

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  • February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Sarah Nam, Sisi Pan and Eric Werker
During the summer of 2014, Alan Knight, general manager of corporate responsibility at the integrated steel and mining company ArcelorMittal, observed the unfolding of an Ebola epidemic in Liberia and other countries in West Africa with great concern. On the one hand... View Details
Keywords: Ebola; Epidemics; Ebola Private Sector Mobalization Group; EPSMG; Civil War; Sovereignty; Change Management; Judgments; Development Economics; Geopolitical Units; Globalized Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Safety; War; Wealth and Poverty; Welfare; Crisis Management; Mining Industry; Liberia
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  • November 2016 (Revised November 2016)
  • Teaching Plan

Movile: Building a Global Technology Company

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Eric Werker
Teaching Plan for HBS No. 716-010. View Details
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  • November 2, 2012
  • Editorial

Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents

By: Shawn A. Cole, Andrew Healy and Eric Werker
Keywords: Election Outcomes; Natural Disasters; Political Elections
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  • September 2012
  • Teaching Note

Kaesong Industrial Complex (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Eric Werker and Dante Roscini
Keywords: Foreign Investment; Country Risk; Bilateral Trade; Special Economic Zones; Risk and Uncertainty; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment
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  • 2012
  • Article

Do Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief

By: Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy and Eric Werker
Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather events beyond its control. However, fewer voters... View Details
Keywords: Political Elections; System Shocks; Natural Disasters; Policy; Motivation and Incentives; Public Opinion; India
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  • April 2010 (Revised February 2014)
  • Supplement

The Kaesong Industrial Complex (B): Global Manufactures GmBH's Dilemma

By: Dante Roscini, Eric Werker and Han-koo Yeo
Keywords: North Korea; South Korea
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  • October 2009 (Revised February 2014)
  • Case

The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)

By: Dante Roscini, Eric Werker and Han-koo Yeo
Keywords: Country; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Policy; North Korea; South Korea
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  • May 2009
  • Supplement

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (B)

By: Anette Mikes, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Keywords: Crisis Management; Food; Non-Governmental Organizations
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  • January 2009 (Revised October 2011)
  • Teaching Note

Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (A) (TN)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Eric D. Werker
Teaching Note for 709037. View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Taxation
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  • January 2009 (Revised October 2011)
  • Case

Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (A)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Eric D. Werker
As his inauguration approached, President-elect Obama faced a financial sector meltdown, a costly bailout, and massive government deficits. With the economy in recession, interest rates near zero, and joblessness on the rise, Obama needed to decide whether, and how... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Policy; Government Administration; Taxation; United States
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  • December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
  • Case

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (A)

By: Anette Mikes, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Rising food prices threatened an unprecedented number of people around the world with malnutrition or starvation in 2008. The new Executive Director of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP)—the world's largest food relief agency—must not only address this... View Details
Keywords: Food; Globalized Firms and Management; Nutrition; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare
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  • June 2007 (Revised February 2008)
  • Teaching Note

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim
Keywords: Money; Borrowing and Debt; Trade; Poverty
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  • April 2007 (Revised June 2007)
  • Case

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim
At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to relieve the world's poorest countries' debt burdens and double aid to Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; International Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Poverty; Welfare; Africa
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  • April 2007 (Revised July 2007)
  • Supplement

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim
Keywords: Money; Borrowing and Debt; Trade; Poverty
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