If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

Quote by Jack Welch

Topics: Company Quotes, Money Quotes

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

I was afraid of it [the internet]... because I couldn't type.

I was afraid of it [the internet]... because I couldn't type.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into...

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into...

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to...