Joe Kaeser Quotes

Joe Kaeser

Profession : Businessman

Birth : June 23, 1957

People need to realise that their governments are sitting on finite resources that will run out one day. Subsidising power and water is not an ideal solution and does not help reduce consumption. We need to educate people, from a young age, about the importance of conserving energy in their daily lives.

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Energy consumption has to be managed by an intelligent grid when it comes to highly populated areas. Smart-grid technologies allow for the integration of renewable energy into the grid as well as energy from distributed sources.

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It used to be that American and European companies built their products in low-wage countries, separated by great distances from the innovators who developed the products and the markets where they were sold. But companies increasingly find that is an outmoded way of doing business.

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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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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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'Make in India' is great, but 'Make It Happen in India' is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It's about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering.

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Germany has got to deal with its global responsibilities in a mature way. There has been insufficient thought to immigration law, and we need to differentiate between different kinds of migrants. There are valid refugees whose lives are at risk at home.

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To these economic refugees, maybe we should tell them, 'We'll call you when we need you.'

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Siemens is a job machine.

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Africa's economies are gaining ground and can develop their full potential with the right partner. Siemens wants to support their sustainable development - with solutions and projects in Africa, for Africa.

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America became great through immigrants... I hope that this great country will recall what has made it great.

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Perhaps we Germans are a bit sensitive when it comes to walls and race.

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If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.

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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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It's great to have a great past and history. But it's even greater to have a good future. So the most important history is the history we make today.

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Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

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The time of old-fashioned conglomerates is over. They are definitely not going to survive.

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I can imagine a future in which we give investors the opportunity to invest not just in the companies Siemens Healthineers or Siemens-Gamesa renewable energy, but also in a high-performing digital industry business.

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China is the world's largest lighting market. That should not be ignored lightly.

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If there's more employment, people buy more.

Joe Kaeser