Porter didn't avoid taking Taiwan to task for excessive government paperwork that wastes industry's time and money, and for inconvenient transportation that puts pressure on industry to increase inventories. Such costs do nothing to raise productivity.
波特不避諱地指出，在台灣，企業要花費許多時間和金錢在取得政府的各項核准文件上；交通運輸不便捷，更增添廠商的庫存壓力，這類虛擲的成本對生產力全無助益，純屬浪費。