But, so far, these pockets of free enterprise have not lived up to their promise.In contrast to the bureaucratic minefield that awaits foreign investors in mainland Iran, the free-trade islands of Kish and Qeshm, near the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas, offer a raft of seemingly tempting incentives.
Samsung, for its part, is working to win consumers back in the face of this on-going headache, detailing a $100 incentive to tempt disappointed customers into purchasing another Samsung product.
A big question is how well policies will work when market incentives prove tempting.
If firms are tempted by tax incentives, they may simply shift jobs from other low-income workers.
They come from the United States and Britain — and, increasingly, from Russia, tempted by tax incentives that the Irish government put in place to stimulate the property market, according to Mr. Pritchard.
Tempted by government incentives and a promising economy in the early 1990's, when the industry expected Brazilians could buy three million autos a year, all the world's major manufacturers rushed to spend billions of dollars building plants here.
While Britain, Norway and Portugal are creating state-of-the-art electric infrastructures for E.V.'s and enticing urban commuters with time-saving driving privileges, buyers of electric and hybrid vehicles in other countries are tempted with monetary incentives like tax credits or rebates.
Not surprisingly, that incentive has proved too tempting for some law enforcement agencies to pass up, and has encouraged abuse and corruption.
Don't be tempted to switch off once your incentive has come to an end.
Financial incentives may tempt Federer to lumber on.
John Cornyn, the attorney general of Texas, said the agreement would curtail financial incentives that "tempt doctors to deny necessary medical care" by linking physicians' incomes to holding down costs.
