by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 29, 2022 | Incentive programs
Over the past few years, there has been growing demand for greater transparency and accountability in incentive use. We know from our work across the country that there are real technical challenges associated with answering questions about how well incentive programs...
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 | 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...
by Ellen D. Harpel | May 26, 2020 | Incentive programs
The COVID-19 economic downturn has created a need for economic development organizations to adjust existing incentive agreements with companies. State economic development leaders strive to offer flexibility to struggling firms in a fair manner while still protecting...
by Ellen D. Harpel | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Data sharing has the potential to change the way states manage incentive program compliance and evaluation efforts. Data sharing “is a formal process by which state agencies that collect and manage administrative records, such as corporate income tax and unemployment...
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