Use your political influence to your advantage in the business world:
http://www.capitalismlab.com/political-influence.html
The above web page describes the linkages between the business aspect and the political aspect of the game, and how they can interact with each other to open up new strategic possibilities.
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When members of your political party have become mayors, it will open up a new array of tactics and strategies for outwitting your competitors through the use of your political influence.
Here are some possibilities:
If your competitors have a large business presence in the city, increase the corporate profit tax rate to increase their tax burden.
Conversely, if your company has a large business presence in the city, decrease the corporate profit tax rate for your own benefits.
Use the city’s fund to sponsor university research projects that target business sectors where your company has a significant business interest.
Relocate competitors’ factories to the outskirt of the city and free up downtown locations which your company may subsequently acquire for building new retail buildings.
Build civic buildings around a real estate development project that your company owns. The presence of community facilities will increase quality of life ratings of your apartment buildings, thus increasing their occupancy rates and rental incomes, as well as their property values.
Privatize the government’s media firms and apartment buildings by putting them on sale and have your company acquire them.