My take is that corporate HQs are the equivalent of a major league sports team (though orders of magnitude better for the economy than another stadium). You get

My take is that corporate HQs are the equivalent of a major league sports team (though orders of magnitude better for the economy than another stadium). You get a relatively small number of employees and some prestige, but not a lot of secondary industry compared to what production facilities generate -- or used to, anyway. Economic development's a tough game these days; the rules have changed and no one's really sure what the new ones are.