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.
AKIO MORITAWhether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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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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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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