ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES
THAT WORK

Delivering

Sound Decisions

We work with communities to deploy economic development incentives as a means to achieve targeted development goals. Smart Incentives helps economic development organizations make sound decisions by instituting incentive programs that are both effective and responsible. Here’s how we do it:

Analyze

incentive offerings and program design

Apply

the Smart Incentives 4×4 framework for program management

Offer

access to high-quality business intelligence, data, and analytical methods to guide decisions

Improve

evaluations and reporting on program results

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Aligning incentives with equitable economic development

Incentive programs can be deployed in multiple ways to support more equitable or inclusive economic development by following these principles.

Investment incentive indicators

Job counts aren’t always the right measure of success. Economic development leaders are using several other indicators to assess their investment incentives.

Researchers question automation incentives

Most states offer incentives to encourage new capital investment, but is this what manufacturers and local economies need?

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Featured event

Smart Incentives events are an excellent way to stay up to date on industry leading knowledge. They are also a great way to network. Check out our featured event. We would love to see you there.

C2ER Annual Conference – St. Louis, MO

June 3-7, 2019

Join us at the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) Annual Conference. This year’s theme is Meeting in the Middle, and the program will explore how and where economic and workforce development research intersect. Ellen Harpel and Troy Mix will be presenting their research on gig and independent work in state and regional economies.

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