In large companies, the CEO is very distant from operations.

At most large companies, what is locally optimal for you is very frequently not what is globally optimal for the company.

— Patrick Collison

Of one thing the investor can be certain: A large company's need to bring in a new chief executive from the outside is a…

— Philip Arthur Fisher

Large companies are very good at solving extremely complex problems in a globally optimal way.

— Thomas Pogge

When large companies take on risk, then they impose risks on the rest of the system. And these are systemic risks and these systemic…

— Robert F. Engle

Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier. It takes a mile before anything happens. And if…

— Al Ries

An MBA is a great degree for career paths like investment banking, finance, consulting, and large companies. An MBA is not necessarily the right…

— Guy Kawasaki

We are highly committed to international cooperation, development of public-private partnerships. To use the potential of large companies that have already been through the…

— Veronika Skvortsova

Large companies can afford to file patents on every idea they have. Small companies, we have to weigh our options, do the research. We…

— Lonnie Johnson

You need to ask yourself, ‘Where do you want to work: startups, mid-size or large companies?’ If you find yourself debating the ‘startup versus…

— Steve Blank

Photos tend to organize chaos, to define what we're doing here. It is essential that individuals' voices depict the world around us, as we…

— Martin Parr

Small and mid-sized companies in this country historically have been responsible for creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the private sector. One…

— Michael Milken

I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up.…

— Peter Lynch

If you are a large company and you want to do something unique, you almost by definition have to tap onto the core business…

— Scott D. Anthony

We compete with very large companies. These are companies like Walmart and Target and Kroger and some very successful digital companies like eBay and…

— Andy Jassy

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

— Natalie Merchant