Dell, which closed its purchaseof information-technology-servicesproviderPerotSystemslastNovember, has been expandingitsservicesinChinabyofferingconsultingservices to hospitals.
It makes money by selling detailed reports (the basic ones are free), licensing its name to hospitals that do well and offeringconsultingservices to ones that do poorly.
Contrast that with the consulting and financial services sectors, which are offering multidisciplinary practices and a cohesive full service experience.