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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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The GOP Needs a New Product, Not a New Brand

Harvard Business Review

It could well be that a charismatic candidate who appealed to minorities, made better use of campaign technology, and embraced some modest policy changes (mainly on immigration and gay marriage) could sweep Republicans back into the White House. And because all of us at HBR have A.G. Lafley and Roger L.

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