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.
AKIO MORITAThe best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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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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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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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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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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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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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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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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