When Stan Shih announced in early September that Gianfranco Lanci, the Italian president of Acer EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), was to be appointed president of Acer Inc., the Taiwanese and foreign media, including the New York Times, expressed their surprise that Shih was not passing on the succession to his own son.
九月初，當施振榮宣布，宏總經理將由宏國際營運總部共同總經理義大利籍的蘭奇接任時，包括美國紐約時報在內的國內外媒體都感到意外；更多人則好奇於他如何做到「傳賢不傳子」？