The government ought to cast aside its role of leading industry, Porter argues, and only be responsible for providing a good environment for business development--focusing on providing physical infrastructure, administrative infrastructure, and developing human resources and science and technology.
波特建議，未來政府應該擺脫產業主導者的角色，退居外圍，只負責提供好的發展環境﹘﹘像是硬體基礎建設、軟體的行政體系、人才培育、科技基礎等，做間接性的角色即可。