by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Small and new businesses have been buffeted by economic challenges. In response, federal, state and local leaders have created new programs to assist struggling entrepreneurs and business owners. Initiatives typically offer access to capital and technical assistance...
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 Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Business Oregon is using its recent Strategic Assessment of Incentives (SAI) in considering how to advance the state’s economic objectives and get ahead of the incentive policy curve. Smart Incentives worked with Business Oregon to evaluate an existing set of...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 9, 2021 | Program Evaluation
Oklahoma has been assessing the state’s business incentive programs on a regular schedule since 2016. State legislators and officials from state agencies, especially the Department of Commerce, have taken the lead to use findings and recommendations from the Incentive...
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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