There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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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 you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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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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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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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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