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 MORITAYour business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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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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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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