Joe Kaeser Quotes

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

Policies to strengthen education and training, to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and to promote capital investment, both public and private, could all potentially be of great benefit in improving future living standards in our nation.

Our collaboration in building innovative technologies will support the Make in India vision of the Indian government.

While China succeeded in transferring nearly 150 million people from agriculture to manufacturing, we could not do so, due to lack of skilled manpower.

If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.

The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.

We have seven pillars of development. India has a cutting edge information technology industry. We are setting up a technology park. We would like to see technology penetration iin education. Besides, we would like to see cooperation in industries like fashion, filmmaking, ship-building, education, health and energy.

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.

We must, by every reasonable means, import our people, not in one branch of industry, not merely as farmers, as tillers of the soil, but we must bring out of every kind of industry, must develop the minds of the people and their energies.

Except for a few oil-rich countries, no developing country has successfully modernized without slowing population growth.

People want development, modern thinking. They want to encourage and support research in agriculture and other fields.

Physical infrastructure remains important (particularly in developing nations), but concurrently investing in the development of a knowledge-based economy is essential to sustaining healthy economic growth and creating well-paying jobs in a highly competitive, ideas-driven global economy.

Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.

The most important thing for Africa is that whoever wants to invest in our countries should start in manufacturing.

Governments around the world are looking for economic growth and job creation. African economies are no exception, with increasing recognition that growth has to be built on a more diversified economic structure in order to make a lasting contribution to development.

The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.

If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile.

We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.

Other than much needed infrastructure development, local administrations in Papua must encourage entrepreneurship and creativity.

If history judges society for how it treats those in need, so markets judge economies by the incentives they provide for private investment, the infrastructure that supports growth, and the burdens placed on job creation.