“It is very unfortunate that it is now very hard to innovate because of the cost-structure.”
Trip Hawkins
“It's clear that the Milky Way has a structure like those, but it's hard to tell being in it.”
Mark Reid
“Obviously cash conservation is a No. 1 priority as we make sure we get our cost structure in line in this period of very low revenue, ... This is an absolute surprise. We've never seen a downturn this rapid.”
John Roth
“If General Motors is going to survive, they have to be a smaller organization and get the cost structure under control. They've got to become lean, streamline their processes, get products to market faster and take more risks.”
Erich Merkle
“Union concessions, there is no other way, ... You can't cut your structural costs without concessions.”
Kwame Kilpatrick
“The largest part of this gap is structural costs, ... Delphi, Northwest (Airlines), we are in the same position as all of them are.”
“We have carried out a review of costs and a review of structure and we believe the new arrangement is more efficient and is a better way of meeting the company's needs going forward.”
Phil Townsend
