Quotes from Carlos Ghosn

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In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.

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 performing their function better.

Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.

If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.

You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.

Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.

I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.

If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

We are still keeping, as much as we can to the one million commitment that we made, hoping that at a certain point in time, the headwinds represented by the strength of the yen will be a little bit less strong.

Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn

Business is tough; you need tough guys.

I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.

Our objective is to position Nissan in the top rank of the car industry. Until we get there, there will be no rest.

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.