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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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Never break another man's rice bowl.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees, to create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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