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Theodore Levitt

German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School (1925-2006) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 81

Theodore Levitt was a German-born American economist and a professor at the Harvard Business School. He was editor of the Harvard Business Review, noted for increasing the Review's circulation and popularizing the term globalization.

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In 1983, he proposed a definition for corporate purpose: "Rather than merely making money, it is to create and keep a customer".

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2006 · aged 81