Amazon’s decision on Valentine’s Day to break up with New York — chosen as one of two sites for its second headquarters — is a story of missteps on both sides set within a politicized environment that resulted in lost opportunities for all, according to experts from Wharton and elsewhere. If cooler heads had prevailed to work through the issues, New York would have gotten a big boost to its standing as a main tech hub on the East Coast while Amazon would have gained an exceptional talent pool and tax breaks.
