Corporations Quote by Alfred P. Sloan

“I have never issued an order since I have been the operating head of the corporation.”

Alfred P. Sloan

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The business of business is business.

Alfred P. Sloan

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Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big organization, to have to do that, I think, is…

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There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.

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Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.

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Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it.

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[Could] motor cars could be produced [in a country like Germany] and sold in competition in the American market . . . .In my…

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If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting…

Alfred P. Sloan

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Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.

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Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.

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There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries…

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Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than…

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The final act of business judgment is intuitive.

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