We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
AKIO MORITANever break another man’s rice bowl.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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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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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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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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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
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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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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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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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