Business Development Advisors (BDA)

Publications and references

• Harpel E. D. (2022) «One-Stop Portals Help Businesses Navigate State Regulations.» National Governors Association Center for Best Practices..
• Harpel E. D., Darrene Hackler (2022) «“COVID-19 and Entrepreneurial Firms: Seeding an Inclusive and Equitable Recovery.”» Kauffman Foundation..

• »Gig and Independent Work in US Metropolitan Economies and Service Industries.«, XXIX International RESER Conference. Ceuta, Spain. September 2019.
• »Gig and Independent Work. A New Frontier for Economic Development.«, IEDC Economic Development Journal 18:3 (18-24). Summer 2019.
• »New Disclosure Rules and the Future of Incentives.«, IEDC Economic Development Journal. 15:3(19-25). 2016.
• »Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Incentives.«, In Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options. Ed. Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Perrine Toledano, Lise Johnson, and Lisa Sachs. Columbia University Press. 2016.
• »Services in the Detroit regional economy: Implications for a city in transition.«, The Service Industries Journal. 31:3-4(597-612). 2011.
• »Recession and Professional and Business Services Employment in the US: No Safe Haven.«, Povos e Culturas. No. 14. CEPCEP, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. March 2011.
• »Putting human capital policies into practice–thinking beyond the young, the restless, and the creative.«, Applied Research in Economic Development. 6:1(50-62). 2009.
• Human Capital and Women Business Ownership.«, Darrene Hackler, Ellen Harpel, and Heike Mayer (Business Development Advisors). U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy. 2008.
• »Professional and Business Services in Regional Economies.«, IEDC Economic Develop-ment Journal. 5:4(50-57). 2006.