Ndogenous Information

Ndogenous is a strategy firm that marries deep technical expertise in economics, finance, and data science with the ability to solve pressing business problems in a collaborative setting. We are built to close the gaps between engagement design, subject matter expertise, and program execution that bedevil larger strategy firms. We believe better solutions and clearer plans for delivery flow from industry and technical expertise, and are less often generated by the sales-oriented environments of large consultancies. Economics is at the center of everything we do. Recognizing the interconnectedness of markets and market data -- the equilibrium view of economics -- places business models, processes, and analytics into a powerful context. In our data science work, for example, we draw on a body of econometric techniques developed over decades that account for economic connections, in contrast to the more ad hoc frameworks favored by analytics and machine learning practitioners. Economic intuition allows us to be creative in corporate finance and restructuring settings, and to imagine alternative outcomes when constructing damage estimates in litigation. We are also "quants" who insist that our views and conclusions be grounded in data. We believe expertise is a quality that must be demonstrated and earned again and again, rather than asserted. We seek to build durable, repeatable solutions. At the same time, we remain modest about our conclusions and seek to understand their limitations -- also with the aid of data.