Zitat des Tages von Ingvar Kamprad:
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
Everything we earn we need as a reserve.
We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.
We have always looked at taxes as a cost, just as any other cost that comes with doing business.
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.
I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask if IKEA's customers could afford it.
I've paid an awful lot of lawyers to protect what I've built. I can only hope the money was well spent.
The company will never go to the market. We want to keep strict self-financing.
It is in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty.