Dutch SMEs very happy with expat workers
Most small and medium businesses (SME) in the Netherlands are pleased with their expat workers, but many bosses would gladly see an end to the Dutch work permit system, a new study by ING bank has found.
The ING report ‘Internationaliseringaperspectieven voor her MKB’ looks at the potential and lessons learned from internationalisation efforts within the small and medium enterprise sectors in the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium) and Poland.
The study focuses specifically on businesses involved in Industry, Transport and Logistics and Construction in each of the three target regions. Internationalisation is defined as opening a branch in another country, foreign partnerships, expat workers and offshore outsourcing.
Read full article: Expatica Netherlands, ANP, 29 March 2006
