Actually…
Sure, the offending design could have cost VK.
We shouldn’t overlook the fact that CEO Yi, Cheol-sang had great ambitions of turning VK into another Samsung Electronics. Many of their internal functions such as R&D and HR closely benchmarked the ones at Samsung, even going as far as hiring away key individuals.
What really put them in this predicament was execution of their strategy - over-extending themselves. Some of the Samsung-like activities was heavy investment in sports marketing (they sponsor a professional soccer club (Olympique de Marseille Soccer Team in France) and even overpaying for a software firm. And like Samsung, they devoted their product portfolio on "slim" instead of offering robust product offerings like a SE or Nokia would do.
In the end, aspiring to be a Samsung-like success case is a good thing, but that doesn’t mean VK should have tried to become Samsung.
Link: VK goes belly-up - Engadget Mobile.
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