Chou Yu-jen, a professor in the Department of Public Administration at National Chung Hsing University, notes that in modern countries government efficiency falls after democratization. But, in addition, demands for environmental protection, rising consumer consciousness, increased labor activism, and protection of intellectual property rights have all been blows to corporate operations and to economic development.
中興大學公共行政系教授周育仁指出，目前台灣，除了隨「民主化」而來的效率低落外，環保要求、消費者意識覺醒、勞工意識高漲、智慧財產權保護等，也都衝擊著產業經營環境與經濟發展。