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 MORITAMore people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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 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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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