In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
The "patron saint" of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
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.… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity.… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
