He felt Professor Porter, a longtime researcher on competition theory, had in recent years turned his attention to applied medical systems because he saw the costs of medical systems worldwide steadily rising, while the effectiveness of those systems deteriorated year after year. This state of affairs would inevitably affect the quality of life for the aging population of the future.
他認為，研究競爭理論多年的波特，近幾年把心力移轉到應用醫療體系上，因為波特觀察到世界醫療體系愈來愈昂貴，但效益卻逐年惡化，勢必影響未來人口老化時代的生活品質。