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.

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

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.

India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well.

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

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.