50 Examples of Business Context

John Spacey, updated on October 13, 2023

Business context is the set of internal and external factors that are relevant to the decisions and strategy of a business at a point in time. This includes broad social, political and economic conditions and technological change that may disrupt your business. Business context can also include your competitive advantages and opportunities as society, industries, competitors and customer needs change. The following are common examples of business context.

Business cycles	Cash position
Competition	Competition laws
Competitive advantages	Competitive disadvantages
Consumer behavior	Contracts
Corporate culture	Costs
Customer expectations	Customer needs
Customer perceptions	Customer preferences
Customer relationships	Cybersecurity vulnerabilities & threats
Demand for products & services	Demographic change
Economic conditions	Employees
Environment problems	Exchange rates
Funding availability	Industry disruption
Industry trends	Inflation
Interest rates & cost of capital	Internal capabilities
Internal issues & inefficiencies	Internal resources
International competition	Investor relationships
Labor market conditions	Legal disputes
Market saturation	Market share
Disasters & other business disruptions	Partners
Political environment	Political stability
Regulations and potential regulations	Social issues
Social stability or instability	Social trends
Stock market conditions	Suppliers
Supply chain issues	Taxation
Technological change	Trade barriers