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Theodore Levitt

1925 - 2006

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Theodore Levitt (March 1, 1925 – June 28, 2006) 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. In 1983, he proposed a definition for corporate purpose: "Rather than merely making money, it is to create and keep a customer". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Levitt is the 287th most popular economist (down from 248th in 2019), the 4,440th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,733rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Theodore Levitt ranks 287 out of 414. Before him are Herman Daly, Robert Barro, Leonid Abalkin, Pietro Verri, Boediono, and Harold Innis. After him are Fakhruddin Ahmed, Mark Blaug, Nassau William Senior, Max O. Lorenz, Bruno de Finetti, and Petr Aven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Theodore Levitt ranks 315. Before him are James Salter, Mary F. Lyon, Yasushi Akutagawa, Amparo Rivelles, Gizella Farkas, and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska. After him are Attilâ İlhan, Duane Hanson, Eugene Garfield, John Shepherd-Barron, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, and Tankred Dorst. Among people deceased in 2006, Theodore Levitt ranks 240. Before him are Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Ivar Formo, Elizabeth Allen, Leon Niemczyk, Lou Rawls, and Pjetër Arbnori. After him are Runer Jonsson, Ray Barretto, Paul Arizin, Wolfgang Unzicker, Jaroslav Pelikan, and Frank Beyer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodore Levitt ranks 4,443 out of 7,253. Before him are Dieter Herzog (1946), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), Anton Ackermann (1905), Jupp Kapellmann (1949), Walther Reinhardt (1872), and Hermann Gunkel (1862). After him are Hermann Wilker (1874), Dieter Burdenski (1950), Paul Bekker (1882), Paul von Hintze (1864), Walter Bruch (1908), and Marita Lange (1943).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Theodore Levitt ranks 33. Before him are Andreas Kaplan (1977), Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Jörg Meuthen (1961), Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842), Alfred Müller-Armack (1901), and Wilhelm Lexis (1837). After him are Karl Knies (1821), Alice Salomon (1872), Ludwig Lachmann (1906), W. Michael Blumenthal (1926), and Robin Hanson (1959).

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