Publications

02 Jun 2021
Podcast

AI-assisted language translation: Context is king

Translators aren’t headed for obsolescence just yet. Computer-assisted language translation has come a long way, but for many jobs, you’ll still need a human in the loop to avoid inaccuracies, tone-deafness, and cultural insensitivity. Computer scientist Spence Green... View Details

Sep 09 2019
Testimonial

Mastering Leadership in a Global Context

May 2025
Supplement

Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
Case

Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

In early 2025, boards of directors had to rethink corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts amid rapidly-shifting social, legal, regulatory, and economic forces. While just a few years earlier, calls to address racial justice and climate change reached into... View Details

Educators

31 Oct 2011
News

Innovation: it's all a question of context

1984
Article

The Cultural Context of Marketing Management

By: Rohit Deshpandé and A. Parasuraman

15 Feb 2011
News

Placing your company in historical context

18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context

HBS, I was concerned that our classes might not be relevant to the African context – and that I would need to find some other way of learning more about the continent and issues I cared about. Thankfully, I could apply the lessons from... View Details

1999
Chapter

Agency in the Context of Labor Management

By: K. L. Valley

Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Labor and Management Relations

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05 Dec 2017
News

The Historical Context Of The GOP Tax Bill

Article

How Local Context Shapes Digital Business Abroad

By: William R. Kerr

This article identifies how digital businesses need to be adapted to the local environment in which they are being applied. Core ideas include the development of strong barriers to entry, the types of network effects encountered, and the localization of business... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Information Technology; Geographic Location; Market Entry and Exit; Adaptation; Entrepreneurship; Network Effects

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2011
Working Paper

The Importance of Work Context in Organizational Learning from Error

By: Lucy H. MacPhail and Amy C. Edmondson

This paper examines the implications of work context for learning from errors in organizations. Prior research has shown that attitudes and behaviors related to error vary between groups within organizations but has not investigated or theorized the ways in which... View Details

Keywords: Judgments; Learning; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Failure; Performance Improvement; Opportunities; Complexity

25 Jan 2018
News

Living and Learning in a Local Context

staying power and a real, impactful influence on their learning. Pine Mountain's approach is to basically base everything that we do 0n the context in the world in which we operate.” (Published January 2018) View Details

Article

The Organizational Context of Market Research Use

By: Rohit Deshpandé

April 2008
Module Note

Service Design in the Context of Customer-Operators

By: Frances X. Frei

Taught as the second module in a Harvard Business School course on Managing Service Operations: Understanding the Customer Operating Role (606-092). Addresses the design and management of service operations with significant customer operating roles. The focus is on... View Details

Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Management; Design; Service Operations; Cost

September 2002 (Revised April 2004)
Background Note

Valuing Cash Flows in an International Context

Addresses the question of how to value cash flows in an international context. Focuses on entrepreneurial ventures, but its content applies to finance issues that arise in established multinational enterprises. Addresses cash flows, discount rates, country risk... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Valuation; Cash Flow

Educators