There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
AKIO MORITAIt’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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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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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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