Occupation: Businessman Birth: March 9, 1954
In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of ….
More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattere….
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures..
I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me..
When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it..
When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside..
People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else..
It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars..
As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing..
Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in orde….
Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher..
Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one..
The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical..
India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well..
Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish..
When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you ….
You need to make sure that you are where you think you are indispensable. And dedicate your task to that..
I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities..
I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the des….
I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we ….
We don't know where the markets are going....we have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the….