Gennady Timchenko Quotes

We continue to be bullish on China.

If you want to have traction in China, you have to be in China.

We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America.

We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China.

The Chinese market is very, very unique.

We have in-depth knowledge about Chinese industries. We know what's driving the country's economic growth.

With its population making up one fifth of the world's total, China offers a market with enormous potential.

In China's big cities, American products - say, for instance, Proctor and Gamble shampoos or many other goods - are widely coveted by a lot of Chinese consumers.

German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!

Why is Caterpillar bad if we create a new job in India or China to receive U.S. exports? It makes no sense to me. We want to drive all the exports we can from the United States. We want to concentrate on all those consumers, outside contractors, customers outside the United States that we possibly can.

Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy.

When we did 'The Dragons' Trilogy,' China was a big, mysterious piece of rock that we never thought would even move. It was impenetrable, impossible to deal with.

It has been proven through studies by the World Bank and others that companies participating in international trade are more competitive.

Of course China is an important new market for Tod's, and of course we need to succeed commercially. But I believe the way to do that is not to aim to deliver results in the short term by thoughtless expansion, but instead to explain to the Chinese people what our brand is really about.

If you have a company that doesn't sell its goods or services abroad and focuses only on the domestic market, it will keep paying a price.

Product investment, quality management, and all the things that are key for a car company - great, there has been no compromise in those aspects. But I feel there's a lot we could do on communication, particularly from a Chinese perspective.

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.

My view is make Indian manufacturing competitive, and if it is competitive, it can serve customers or consumers anywhere.

China will be the answer to Japan's problems.

With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.

Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.

The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.

In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation of regional standards. A multilateral approach holds wider benefits for more actors.

There is something so fascinating about the 1.3 billion person market in China that businessmen become irrational. They do things in China that they normally would never do…. There’s something about China that makes foreigners act irrationally.

The need of a constantly expanding market for his products chases the manufacturer over the whole surface of the globe. They must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere.