Carlos Ghosn of Nissan/Renault: Look Ahead, Dont Stand Still

Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO, Nissan-Renault Alliance, has the distinction of running two major global automakers, Nissan and Renault, with headquarters on two continents. He is no stranger...

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>>[Applause]Carlos Ghosn: It's better always to enjoy applause beforethan after.>>[Laughing]SPEAKER02: Mr. Ghosn, thank you for joining us today.I would like to open by asking you how you approachleadership,strategy, and execution differently at Nissan versus atRenault, giventhat each company has very different cultural contexts.Carlos Ghosn: Well, you know, the French -- the French wayofmanaging and the leadership in French expresses itself in acompletelydifferent terms than Japan.I knew it from the beginning.So in a certain way you have some fundamentals which are thesame,umm, and we're gonna probably talk about what are thesefundamentalsbut the way you exercise these fundamentals are completely --completely different.In J...