The increase in the number of think tanks creates greater diversity in policy recommendations, provides a richer pool of talent, and creates a new "think tank ecology" in which there are competitive and cooperative relationships between think tanks themselves.
智庫數目成長除了使得政策建言更為多元、人才資源更加豐富，也為新的智庫生態帶來彼此間的競爭與合作關係。