Matsushita Electric is in the business of developing people. We also happen to make electrical products.
松下電器は人をつくるところでございます。あわせて電気器具もつくっております。
Entrepreneurs
Kōnosuke Matsushita
Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989), Japan's God of Management, left school at nine and built Panasonic into a global giant. He pioneered divisional structure, affordable-quality pricing, and systematic leader development.
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Kōnosuke Matsushita's Other Quotes
The manufacturer's mission is to overcome poverty by producing goods in such abundance that they become as plentiful and cheap as tap water.
Never think you have exhausted every option. Stand at the cliff's edge, and a fresh wind will surely blow.
A sunao (open) mind sees the truth of things without being trapped by preconceptions.
Commerce is the art of inspiring customers.
It only becomes failure when you stop. Keep going until you succeed, and it becomes success.
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The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest.
-- John D. Rockefeller
Competition is a sin.
-- John D. Rockefeller
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
-- Henry Ford
We bet on people.
-- Dhirubhai Ambani
Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.
-- Dhirubhai Ambani
What is the root of wealth? Benevolence and moral principle. Unless grounded in right reason, wealth cannot endure.
-- Shibusawa Eiichi