Howard Stringer
Howard Stringer
Sir Howard Stringeris a Welsh-American businessman. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation. He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 February 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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Silo walls between business units that impede cooperation and communication need to come down,
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No other content company has such a complete understanding of technology, and no other technology company has Sony's insight into content.
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We need to convince investors ... that we are going to execute on these targets and take them very seriously,
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We have made promises before but we failed to execute them. We must fight like the Sony warriors that we are.
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When a company gets to be the size of Sony and revenue growth slows, it makes it very hard for young, dynamic people to move up the corporate ladder. How you change that in a culture where everybody has known each other for most of their working lives is the task, especially at the senior level.
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While quarterly performance and market share are important, overall performance, together with artist relationships and the development of new and creative talent are paramount, ... Andy is exceptionally well-suited to manage the company in this challenging and ever-changing environment.
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Though best remembered for creating one of the great film heroes of all time, his talents transcend typecasting, ... His body of work not only stands the test of time, but illuminates a career more extraordinary than James Bond himself.
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We are shattering internal silos ... and reorganizing to become more nimble and to have a focused product lineup.
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The walls that impeded communications have to come down and we have to focus R&D on products that are most likely to yield rewards.
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The PS3 is only the beginning for cell, ... New intelligent devices will be powered my smaller and more powerful processors and will be directly connected with one another.
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With the installed base of PlayStation, we do think we have an enormous advantage.
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To our customers Sony no longer represents the only alternative,
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We are going to achieve our goals by breaking down the existing silo walls and eliminating the highly decentralized structure we've maintained in the past,
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Although our electronics businesses are under real pressure today, we firmly believe in its future prospects and potential.