Joe Kaeser Quotes
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We never said the U.K. is in bad shape if it leaves the E.U.: we said the E.U. would miss a massive opportunity. Without the U.K., the E.U. may never be able to stand up against superpowers like China and the U.S.
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I'm not going to be the one who turns out the last lights of the last conglomerate. So we need to reinvent ourselves all the time.
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Every morning you get up, risk starts.
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By reducing trade barriers, improving intellectual-property protections, and setting international rules of the road, TTIP has the potential to improve America and Europe's global competitiveness and strengthen their comparative advantages.
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A number of major companies - from PepsiCo to Walmart to U.P.S. - have recognized that corporations have a responsibility to address the causes of climate change before it is too late. We do not have to wait for an international treaty or new regulations to act.
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Like Siemens, the UAE is big on innovation. It has become famous as a think tank for thought leadership in areas of interest to the world - and to Siemens.
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Trade brings freedom and well-being for all.
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Like the UAE, we have been thinking of the time after hydrocarbons for a very long time.
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China is the world's largest lighting market. That should not be ignored lightly.
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From Siemens's perspective, a trade agreement like TTIP makes the U.S. and E.U. members more attractive.
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A company that is big is never really bad but also not really good.
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Some in Europe take a plane, fly to Silicon Valley, visit and look and come back and say we need to do the same thing. Well you can copy others... but if you always copy others, you never get ahead.
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The time of old-fashioned conglomerates is over. They are definitely not going to survive.
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We understand that conglomerates have no future.
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I think Europe is well advised to form a unified economic force to be on par with the U.S. and China.
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If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.
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On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.
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Large conventional power plants will continue to be built, but their significance for energy supply is diminishing.