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Amazon pullout from NYC shows the perils of partnerships between higher education and business

  • Written by Jason Owen-Smith, Professor of Sociology, Executive Director, Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS), University of Michigan
Amazon pullout from NYC shows the perils of partnerships between higher education and businessAmazon's plan to locate its second headquarters in New York City fell through.Mark Lennihan/AP

Amazon’s recent decision to pull out of plans to establish a new headquarters in New York City received a lot of attention. Much of it focused on whether the big tax breaks the company would have gotten as part of the deal were fair and reasonable.

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