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The real challenge is creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere in what can easily amount to a big bureaucratic company.

Quoted in In Search of European Excellence (1997)
Globalisation is a long-lasting competitive advantage. Building a global company is not so easy to copy.

Financial Times (London) (1997)
Bosses tend to attract clusters of people from their own nationality around them.

Financial Times (London) (1997)
You can build a lasting competitive edge through the excellence of your organization structure.

Presentation to World Economic Forum (1997)
The large corporation is here to stay. Those who would break it up and confine its operations within national boundaries are at war with history and circumstance. People want large tasks performed... Large tasks require large organizations.

The Age of Uncertainty (1977)
The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence. The production reflects the low marginal utility of the goods to society. The income reflects the high total utility of a livelihood to a person.

The Affluent Society (1958)
Great companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most important characteristic, which is trust.
Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.
Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.
When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
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