“The investor and the employee are in the same position, but sometimes the employee is more important, because he will be there a long time whereas an investor will often get in and out on a whim in order to make a profit.”

— Akio Morita

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 143.

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Japanese businessman 1921–1999

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