People may have varying assessments about Porter's speech, but he himself claimed only to be outlining a general frame-work. Real implementation would require a dialogue between ROC government and industry with frank discussion about creating a common economic vision for the nation.
波特演講，儘管各方評價不同，不過，誠如波特強調的，他只是描繪一個大架構，要想落實，終究要靠台灣政府和企業間透過平等對話、坦誠溝通，盡速建立對國家經濟前景的共識來達成。