My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
AKIO MORITAOf 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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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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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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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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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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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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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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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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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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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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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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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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