An example I can think of offhand is AMD (now Global Foundaries) choosing to locate one of their new fabs in Dresden after being offered lucrative tax benefits

An example I can think of offhand is AMD (now Global Foundaries) choosing to locate one of their new fabs in Dresden after being offered lucrative tax benefits by the German government. AMD got to save money on the fab, Germany got long term economic investment in the former east. It was pretty much a win-win deal.