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The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.

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Carlos Ghosn
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 9
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I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.
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Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.
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You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
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Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.
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I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.
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Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times
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We are facing extreme volatility.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
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We don't want to be something for everybody, we want to be everything for some people.
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What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.
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When you start thinking about leaving, choose your moment carefully. Go out while you’re still on top, not when you’re no longer in control of events.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
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