When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
AKIO MORITAI 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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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 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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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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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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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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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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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