The public does not know what is possible. We do.
AKIO MORITATo gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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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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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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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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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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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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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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