Business incentives and firm entry: The past, the present and the future

A webinar organised by the OECD Trento Centre in collaboration with Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum offered different perspectives on the effectiveness of business incentives a popular tool of supporting regional and local economic development. Check out the webinar, summary and slides. The differing points of view served as a background for a roundtable discussion among academics and practitioners on the ways to make incentives more effective, to bridge academic research and policy practice and to boost firm formation during and after the pandemic.

Webinar, summary and presentations at the OECD website 
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Speakers:

Antonio Accetturo Head of the Regional Analysis and Research Division, Trento Branch of the Bank of Italy

Joakim Appelquist Deputy Director General, Vinnova

Albert Bravo-Biosca Founding director, Innovation Growth Lab (IGL), Nesta

Sameeksha Desai Director of Knowledge Creation and Resarch, Kauffman Foundation

Johan Eklund Managing Director, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, Professor BTH and JIBS (Chair)

Carlianne Elizabeth Patrick Associate Professor, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University

Alexandra Tsvetkova Economist/Policy Analyst, OECD Trento Centre for Local Development

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