Faculty and Research

Eric Van den Steen is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit. Professor Van den Steen's research explores how strategy and organization are shaped by managers' fundamental beliefs, vision, and disagreements. His latest work studied how strategic disagreement may drive mergers and acquisitions. He has also written on knowledge management, corporate governance, corporate culture, and the sources of managerial overoptimism.

 

Professor Van den Steen previously taught Business Economics and Strategy at MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he was recognized for his teaching. He worked as a consultant, first at Arthur D. Little and later at McKinsey & Company, and holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from the KULeuven (Belgium), an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a PhD from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.