Ergo Advisors

Ergo finds the precise experts for any challenge, collects their privileged knowledge through proven tools, and delivers unique solutions on nearly any question, on any topic, in any geography.

Diligence

Our diligence projects incorporate perspectives of experts who know the target company and/or market inside and out—including former employees, competitors, suppliers, customers, and leading industry analysts. Our model knows no geographical limits; we can conduct diligence on any company or market in any country. Our recent diligence topics have ranged from a healthcare data company in the United States to the market for specialized electronics in China.

Geopolitical Intelligence

We engage our extensive network of international experts to obtain privileged on-the-ground insights about political, economic, social, and cultural trends in any country or region. By extracting knowledge from experts with an intimate and firsthand understanding of the people, events, and issues driving these trends, we provide geopolitical intelligence before it hits the front page. In many cases, our sources are the newsmakers themselves and interviews are conducted in the source's native language. All Ergo analysts have advanced degrees with an international focus and are multilingual.

Expert Surveys

Ergo expert surveys elicit rapid qualitative and quantitative responses from respondents selected for their proximity to the topic. Ergo analysts have extensive experience in survey design, and our methodology ensures that surveys yield quality responses. The breadth and scope of Ergo expert surveys allow for easy comparisons across countries, regions, or demographic groups.

Focus Groups

To gauge public opinion and receptivity to proposals, projects, or products, Ergo facilitates the coordination and administration of focus groups. Through focus groups, we are able to bring to our clients the insights and perspectives of targeted demographic groups. Ergo also facilitates recurring focus groups to allow for longitudinal observations of shifting viewpoints and preferences over time or as a result of particular events.

Management Profiling

When investing in or acquiring a company, a deep understanding of the company's management is critical to making informed decisions. Ergo provides in-depth management profiles based on the insights of former employees, competitors, customers, and industry insiders. These unique perspectives on management style, personality, reputation, and successes and failures create a mosaic that serves as the ultimate insider's view of a company's senior personnel.

Scenario Planning

We believe the best way to prepare for the future is to understand how it is shaped. Ergo offers comprehensive scenario-planning exercises to help clients visualize potential futures and develop strategies to prepare for them. By exploring the mechanisms driving outcomes and the signposts indicating their emergence, our scenario-planning projects help our clients anticipate and plan for future challenges and opportunities.

Competitive Intelligence

Ergo helps make its clients more competitive by collecting and analyzing data about products, customers, and competitors and applying it to clients' growth and business development strategies. Our targeted research and analysis provides clients with a nuanced understanding of the external competitive environment through the expertise of custom-recruited industry leaders.

Deep-Dive Research

Ergo's core offering is our "deep-dive" research and analysis, a model that fits every challenge from market landscaping to competitive intelligence to geopolitical risk. Ergo analysts leverage the insights of front-line experts to "dive deep" into our clients' areas of interest, gleaning knowledge through such tools as one-on-one interviews, collaborative white papers, and field research. We present our findings in an in-depth report compiled and synthesized by Ergo analysts.