Commercial enterprises
01 Feb 2010
Companies carry out the majority of research in the Netherlands. The research is conducted mainly in larger companies and within the industry sector.
Some 77% of the research carried out in companies takes place in companies with more than 200 employees. An important part of the research is development work. A characteristic of the Dutch situation is the presence of the five multinationals, Philips, Shell, Akzo Nobel, Unilever and DSM. These are also the companies that carry out a large part of the research, but they have been joined in recent years by companies such as ASM Lithography, Océ and Lucent Technologies.
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