“If you look at the economics of Nokia roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business is focused on those emerging markets and on those lower-priced devices. But, of course, people who are aspirational and buying those lower-priced devices today are looking at smart phones tomorrow, and so forth.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTodayCoursesHalfCompanyTomorrowSmartEconomicsPhonesFocusedBuyingDevicesEmergingNokiaEmerging Markets Author:Stephen Elop
“I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.” ThinkingGivingImportantYoungOpportunityCompanyRecordsTalentTomorrowSongwritersExposureReally HappyRecord Companies Author:Robin Gibb
“In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.” PeopleIfsMayStatesTodayMovingUnitedCompanyUnited StatesTomorrowColleaguesBusinessmanCompetitors Author:Akio Morita
“Were the only major company in the U.S. that is solely in the professional beauty industry. We promised hairdressers when we started that we would stay with them. If I went retail tomorrow then we would be four times our size overnight, but Im going to be the one guy who kept his word.” IfsWould BeGuyCompanyFourIndustryTomorrowMajorsSizeRetailHairdresserBeauty Industry Author:John Paul DeJoria
“It isn't a given that the companies that provide mobility today will also be the ones to do so tomorrow. Every company has to work hard to make this happen.” HardHappensTodayGivenCompanyHard WorkTomorrowMobility Author:Norbert Reithofer
“If we took the mission statements of 100 large industrial companies, mixed them up while everyone was asleep, and reassigned them at random, would anyone wake up tomorrow and cry, 'My gosh, where has our mission statement gone?'” IfsCompanyGoneCryTomorrowWake UpMissionsStatementsMission Statement Book:Competing for the Future Source: Competing for the Future