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Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service.

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Peter Drucker
Age: 95 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 19
Died: 2005
Died: November 11
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Peter Ferdinand Drucker
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