No operationally oriented strategy is immune from copy-cats, and Dell discovered other companies could do pretty much what they did and achieve its costs.
He has spent most of his time trying to undo the damage caused by Nasser's grandiose strategy for turning the automaker into an Internet-oriented consumer company.
Hot Topic, in the midst of restructuring its merchandise strategy to appeal to a younger and more pop-culture-oriented market, also missed expectations, reporting a sales increase of 0.4%, under the 1.7% estimate.
And now, China's media strategy in Africa has taken a step further by providing customer-oriented news offerings and poaching some of the best journalistic talents to bring African news to the continent and to the world.