These varying assessments were as good as predicted by Porter. Lecturing to a packed house of executives and academics he reminded his audience that the onus was on them, that they had to "accept responsibility.
林林總總的不同評價，波特似乎早已預見，正如他對著滿場企業家及學者時說的，他擔憂「在座各位把太多的注意焦點放在我身上，卻忘了你們自己的責任！」