by Ellen D. Harpel | Nov 17, 2021 | equitable economic development, Uncategorized
Our research on incentives for entrepreneurial firms found that we need a new approach to working with entrepreneurs in underserved locations and demographic groups. Our belief is that expanding access to flagship entrepreneurship programs so that...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 3, 2019 | Incentive programs
Should investments in machinery and equipment continue to be incentivized? Most states offer a variety of economic development incentives designed to reduce the costs associated with machinery and equipment purchases in order to encourage new investment. Federal tax...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 18, 2019 | Amazon
Photo credit: Jacob Passy, MarketWatch The HQ2 saga continues. Just as we were happily turning our attention to other incentive topics, Amazon announced it would not move forward with its headquarters in Long Island City. So here we are again, still working to...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 5, 2019 | Amazon
Amazon’s HQ2 raised new challenges for economic developers as they responded to a high-profile, public RFP promising a unique transformational economic opportunity. Our analysis of the HQ2 incentive offers makes clear that economic development organizations have...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 17, 2018 | Incentive programs, Integrated housing and economic development, Opportunity Zones
Well, 2018 will be remembered as the year HQ2 took over the conversation around economic development and incentives. Our most popular articles this year were our recent posts on Amazon’s incentive agreements with Virginia, New York and Tennessee, but since we just...
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