There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
AKIO MORITAIf we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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I 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.
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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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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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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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