If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
AKIO MORITAIn the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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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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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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 management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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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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