Jul 8, 2011 14:50 GMT  ·  By

Acer may no longer be in the unfortunate situation of not having a CEO, but it looks like all the changes it has been making to its business outlook are not going by without consequences.

As consumers may or may not remember, quite a few companies have gone through management changes over the past half a year.

Whether directly or indirectly, tablets have turned out to be very disruptive, especially to companies that rely heavily on notebooks.

Advanced Micro Devices might not have had a very big stake in the mobile market, but its board of directors still let its previous CEO go over disagreements in regards to how to deal with tablets.

Acer also went through a management change, though it managed not to go for over six months without finding a new head figure.

In the meanwhile, the company put into motion its plan to change its outlook, adjusting inventory levels to focus less on shipment volumes and more on value.

According to a report made by Digitimes, the company has, indeed, been adjusting its inventory, delaying some shipments for the third quarter.

The outfit also lowered product prices for laptops, something that brand notebook vendors decided to emulate, pressuring component suppliers to reduce prices in turn.

Nonetheless, things haven't exactly been looking up as, whether because of the changes or not, notebook shipments declined by 10% during the second quarter and stayed flat during the third.

The other issue that the company is dealing with at the moment is how stock prices have been sliding downwards, what with foreign institutional investors releasing their share holdings (they held a combined 38.15% share as of July 7).

All in all, Acer may not have fared quite as badly as Samsung during the most recent quarter, but it hasn't been going through the best time of its life either.