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We took our eye off the ball as a company.

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When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.

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I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.

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I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

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I don't care where you are in the world, people are aware of what technology is available to others. If you're in Nairobi, you're certainly aware of the iPhone.

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All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.

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One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

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I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

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As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.

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When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: May 3rd, 1957

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