Hamilton Helmer

hamilton.helmer@deepstrategy.com
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Phone: 650-917-8764

Office: Landau 348

Office hours: Wednesday 2-4 pm or by appointment

Interests

• Research: Numerous projects with 30 years of strategy consulting, first with Bain & Company, then with his own firm, Deep Strategy
• Current Research: Cognitive strategy models useful in high uncertainty (Knightian), organic related diversification, information ratio and hidden power
• Teaching: Corporate Strategy (Economics 101)
• Professional Affiliations:

Recent Publications

List of Stanford Working Papers

Current Courses

Education

Ph.D. Economics, Yale

Additional Info:

Hamilton Helmer is the founder of Deep Strategy, which develops novel strategy constructs, used for business and investment decisions. On its business advisory side, Deep Strategy's past clients have included Adobe, Agilent, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Hewlett-Packard, Mentor Graphics, Pinkerton and Raychem. On the investment side, Deep Strategy concepts have resulted in high alpha strategies. Mr. Helmer is currently a Director of American Science & Engineering (NASDAQ:ASEI) and Chairman of its Audit Committee. Before starting Deep Strategy, Mr. Helmer worked for Bain & Company. Mr. Helmer holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College. Mr. Helmer currently is writing a book on the development of new businesses by established corporations.