It's no surprise that the top business thinker of the last 50 years, the late Peter Drucker, operated outside of the university system.

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Per my recent review of the thought leadership app from Don Tapscott (See The New Stage for Business Leadership Writing), the multimedia capabilities today make it easier to access and get a real sense for the business thinker.

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His own beliefs, whether the monetarism that won him his Nobel in 1976 or the positions on taxes, regulation and social programs that won him wider attention and acclaim, made him more influential among the business class of the world than any other contemporary thinker.

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