This is an odd one. The author doesn't seem to understand some basic principles. Strongarming a company like that to take less profit NEVER works. At least not to my knowledge. The company just builds the lucrative business right outside the town, or walks away. Then, siphons profits and business away from the town, and slowly kills it. Walmart in the US does exactly this. "Oh, the city wants XX taxes? We'll just build the Walmart right outside the city, no taxes needed, none of the money goes to the city for improvements"
Casinos (Not Vegas, that's a whole different animal) do the same thing, that's why you see Walmarts and casinos JUST outside smaller cities. How do I know? Worked on it, for an evil corporation. Capitalism is dope, yo.