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4 days ago · Morita Akio, Edwin M. Reingold, and Mitsuko Shimomura (Shimomura Mitsuko), Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony (1986, reissued 1994), part autobiography, part business history, and part management primer, gives clear insight into Sony at the peak of its influence, when “Japan Inc.” was a feared economic rival of the United States ...
14 hours ago · Sony co-founder Akio Morita founded Sony Corporation of America in 1960. [21] In the process, he was struck by the mobility of employees between American companies, which was unheard of in Japan at that time. [21]
Sep 11, 2024 · He was explicitly ordered by Akio Morita to select an engineer as his successor, but did not. 65 At the time, both Morita and Ohga had fallen ill and Ohga lacked time to properly mentor a successor. Ohga selected a marketing specialist, Nobuyuki Idei, in a move that was widely regarded in the company as a terrible decision.
1 day ago · Akio Morita. « All quotes from this author I agree | disagree. We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned. -- p. 161. Akio Morita. » Akio Morita - all quotes »
Sep 23, 2024 · Japanese-born businessman Akio Morita was not always as successful as people think. His first company failed miserably when the rice cookers he was marketing would fail to cook the rice properly. Nevertheless, he and his business partner, bounced back to follow their dream and Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo took off by making handheld radios ...
Sep 22, 2024 · The original Sony Building, a brainchild of Sony co-founder Akio Morita, opened in 1966 and was used as a showroom for the company’s products. A space of some 33 square meters at the corner of the Sukiyabashi crossing, called “the Garden of Ginza” by Morita, had been left vacant as a public space so that it could be used for ...
Sep 25, 2024 · From an early age, Fahad Al-Absi’s family home was filled with the latest products made by electronics giant Sony, and after reading the biography “Made in Japan” about the company’s co-founder Akio Morita, he became hooked on all things Japanese.
