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- March–April 2017
- Article
Sink or Swim: The Role of Workplace Context in Shaping Career Advancement and Human-Capital Development
By: Shinjinee Chattopadhyay and Prithwiraj Choudhury
We develop and test predictions on how early-career challenges arising from the workplace context affect short- and long-term career advancement of individuals. Typically an organization’s decision to deploy a manager to one of several possible contexts is endogenous... View Details
Keywords: Workplace Context; Career Advancement; Context; Situation or Environment; Human Capital; Personal Development and Career; Performance
Chattopadhyay, Shinjinee, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Sink or Swim: The Role of Workplace Context in Shaping Career Advancement and Human-Capital Development." Organization Science 28, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 211–227.
- March 2018
- Article
How Context Affects Choice
By: Raphael Thomadsen, Robert P. Rooderkerk, On Amir, Neeraj Arora, Bryan Bollinger, Karsten Hansen, Leslie John, Wendy Liu, Aner Sela, Vishal Singh, K. Sudhir and Wendy Wood
Due to its origins in the literature on judgment and decision-making, context effects in marketing are construed exclusively in terms of how choices deviate from utility maximization principles as a function of how choices are presented (e.g., framing, sequence,... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Situation or Environment; Consumer Behavior
Thomadsen, Raphael, Robert P. Rooderkerk, On Amir, Neeraj Arora, Bryan Bollinger, Karsten Hansen, Leslie John, Wendy Liu, Aner Sela, Vishal Singh, K. Sudhir, and Wendy Wood. "How Context Affects Choice." Special Issue on 2016 Choice Symposium. Customer Needs and Solutions 5, nos. 1-2 (March 2018): 3–14.
- July 1991 (Revised August 1991)
- Background Note
Understanding Context
Badaracco, Joseph L. "Understanding Context." Harvard Business School Background Note 392-003, July 1991. (Revised August 1991.)
- 1996
- Book
Creativity in Context
By: T. M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Theory; Research; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment; Organizational Culture; Measurement and Metrics; Personal Characteristics; Cognition and Thinking; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Social Psychology
Amabile, T. M. Creativity in Context. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.
- April 1985
- Background Note
NIKE: International Context
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Michael J. Roberts
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry
Salter, Malcolm S., and Michael J. Roberts. "NIKE: International Context." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-328, April 1985.
- Research Summary
Leadership in Context
By: Nitin Nohria
What can we learn from the great business leaders of the 20th century? To answer this question, we have assembled a unique database of 1000 American business leaders, each of whom has left an important legacy. Some of the initial insights we are gleaning from this... View Details
- October 2001
- Article
Responsibility in Organizational Context
Keywords: Organizations
Margolis, Joshua D. "Responsibility in Organizational Context." Business Ethics Quarterly 11, no. 4 (October 2001).
- 2006
- Chapter
Relationships and Negotiations in Context
McGinn, Kathleen L. "Relationships and Negotiations in Context." In Negotiation Theory and Research, edited by Leigh L. Thompson, 129–144. Frontiers of Social Psychology. NY: Psychology Press, 2006.
- winter 2001
- Article
Why the European Context Matters
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Keywords: Europe
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Why the European Context Matters." European Business Forum, no. 8 (winter 2001).
- 2022
- Working Paper
Beliefs About Giving Across Contexts
By: Christine L. Exley, John-Henry Pezzuto and Marta Serra-Garcia
A rich literature investigates prosocial behavior by exploiting a variety of methods, the validity of which has been debated. While this literature has compared behavior inside and outside of the laboratory, an open question is how participants view prosocial behavior... View Details
Exley, Christine L., John-Henry Pezzuto, and Marta Serra-Garcia. "Beliefs About Giving Across Contexts." Working Paper, September 2022.
- September 1996
- Background Note
Technology Integration: Knowledge and Context
By: Marco Iansiti
Iansiti, Marco. "Technology Integration: Knowledge and Context." Harvard Business School Background Note 697-039, September 1996.
- May 2025
- Supplement
Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 325-122, May 2025.
- 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
Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Social Media; Race; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Social Issues; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)." Harvard Business School Case 325-121, April 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- 1984
- Article
The Cultural Context of Marketing Management
By: Rohit Deshpandé and A. Parasuraman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and A. Parasuraman. "The Cultural Context of Marketing Management." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1984): 176–179.
- 3 Jun 2025
- Conference Presentation
Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context." In Closing Ceremony. Paper presented at the SDG Ambition Accelerator, Boston, MA, USA, June 3, 2025.
- 1995
- Chapter
Multiparty Negotiation in Its Social Context
By: J. Polzer, E. Mannix and M. Neale
Polzer, J., E. Mannix, and M. Neale. "Multiparty Negotiation in Its Social Context." In Negotiation as a Social Process, edited by R. Kramer and D. Messick. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.
- 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
Kerr, William R. "How Local Context Shapes Digital Business Abroad." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 24, 2015).
- 1999
- Chapter
Agency in the Context of Labor Management
By: K. L. Valley
Valley, K. L. "Agency in the Context of Labor Management." In Negotiating on Behalf of Others: Advice to Lawyers, Business Executives, Sports Agents, Diplomats, Politicians, and Everybody Else, edited by Robert Mnookin, Lawrence Susskind, and Pacey C. Foster, 196–202. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1999.
- Article
The Organizational Context of Market Research Use
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "The Organizational Context of Market Research Use." Journal of Marketing 46, no. 4 (Fall 1982): 98–108.
- 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
Frei, Frances X. "Service Design in the Context of Customer-Operators." Harvard Business School Module Note 608-134, April 2008.