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 MORITAWe 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.
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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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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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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