I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
AKIO MORITAIf you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in 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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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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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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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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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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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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 solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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