ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES
THAT WORK

Delivering

Sound Decisions

We help communities use economic development incentives to achieve their targeted development goals. Smart Incentives works with economic development organizations and investment promotion agencies to manage incentive programs that are both effective and responsible. Here’s how we do it:

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Incentive offerings and program design

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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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New priorities, new metrics

Economic development is not just about job counts. Can new incentive metrics better describe value to the community?

Making incentives for entrepreneurial firms more effective

We offer three recommendations for designing, implementing, and evaluating incentives so that they help state and local policymakers achieve their objectives.

Do incentives for entrepreneurial firms work?

Outcomes vary by incentive type, but these policy recommendations can improve the chances for success.

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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.

Integrating Equity into Incentive Metrics

Nov. 9, 2021, 2pm eT

This roundtable will bring together experts in equitable economic development with state and local economic development practitioners to describe emerging approaches to measuring and reporting on diversity, equity and inclusion impacts within incentive programs.

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