In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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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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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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Don’t do market research.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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