It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
AKIO MORITATo gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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Don’t do market research.
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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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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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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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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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