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A Refresher on Marketing Myopia

Harvard Business Review

The term was coined by the late Harvard Business School marketing professor, Theodore Levitt, in a 1960 article by the same name (republished in 2004). ” As Levitt used to tell his students, “People don’t want a quarter-inch drill. Levitt suggests that leaders ask themselves: What business are we really in?

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

So the list that follows is my ranking of the Top 10 Speakers from World Business Forum 2010 as well as my logic behind the rankings. Steve Levitt - Author of Freakanomics and Super Freakanomics , Steve was superb. So there you have it…my picks for the Top 10 Speakers at World Business Forum 2010. Our Freedom.

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