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Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices

By: Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:10
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Abstract

This supplement discusses Amazon’s 2018 decision to split its HQ2 between two locations--Long Island City in New York and National Landing outside Washington, DC—as well as the ensuing response from local politicians and the public.

Keywords

Economic Development; Headquarters; Local Government; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics

Citation

Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-465, May 2019.
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