To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
AKIO MORITAI knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Don’t do market research.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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