Eric Werker is the William Saywell Professor at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Eric researches how countries can build more thriving and inclusive private sectors and how external actors influence economic and political outcomes. He teaches about strategy, policy, and global economics to MBAs and executives and has authored numerous case studies on companies and countries around the world. Eric earned his A.B. and Ph.D in economics at Harvard and spent nearly a decade on the faculty of Harvard Business School.