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Entrepreneurship

It is our ambition to increase and foster innovative entrepreneurship in the Netherlands by developing initiatives that are useful to entrepreneurs right now and proposing measures that the government could take to further enhance the business climate in the Netherlands.

Objectives for 2016:

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increase share of fast-growing companies to 12% (now 8%)

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50% more innovative start-ups (now 3,100)

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increase positive attitude to entrepreneurship to 45% (now 33%)

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increase share of SME ‘appliers’ and ‘followers’ that have experience with knowledge institutions to 25% (now 15%)

Promotion
In addition to the limiting conditions that the IP intends to target, it is necessary to invest in fostering a culture of entrepreneurship. The IP will work with entrepreneurs and others to generate model activities and campaigns. It will also devote attention to international entrepreneurship and help foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among people with roots in other cultures.

Status
In the first half of 2008, the Innovation Platform and the Ministry of Economic Affairs will be launching an initiative aimed at helping fast-growing companies to realise their growth targets. At least 80 such companies will receive support for five years to facilitate substantial growth in their annual turnover from a few million euros to at least 20 million euros.

Current activity:

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better use of government procurement power, exploration of opportunities for stimulating innovative public commissioning practice and tendering

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investigation of what motivates entrepreneurs to grow and what keeps them from growing, along the entire path from idea to internationally operating company

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improving the success rate of university and other business start-ups: many such companies fail to realise significant growth (in terms of turnover, staff)

Working group
Hans de Boer and Wiebe Draijer are the IP members involved in the entrepreneurship project.

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