by Smart Incentives | Mar 30, 2021 | Incentive programs
The Kauffman Foundation held a forum last week on Business Incentives: What Do They Mean for Entrepreneurship? Darrene Hackler and Ellen Harpel were pleased to join the panel of experts talking about different aspects of business incentives and...
by Smart Incentives | Mar 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Remote work became a more important part of the economic landscape in 2020. In response, many state economic development organizations are considering the impact of remote work on existing incentive performance agreements and incentive policies going forward....
by Smart Incentives | Feb 22, 2021 | Incentive programs
Oklahoma created two incentives over a decade ago to help address a skills gap that made it difficult for employers to fill aerospace engineering positions in the state. One incentive is a tax credit for aerospace employers based on compensation paid to qualified...
by Smart Incentives | Jan 4, 2021 | equitable economic development
We are pleased to share our latest report, Reflecting Community Priorities in Economic Development Practices.* This report builds on our past work addressing how incentives can be used to support equitable economic development and steps economic development...
by Smart Incentives | Dec 13, 2020 | Program Evaluation
Last month the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) hosted the Designing and Managing Business Incentive Compliance Efforts workshop. Ellen Harpel, Smart Incentives, and Jane Vancil, IncentiLock, served as course advisors and lead instructors. In this...
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