Excessive compensation, regulators with questionable side jobs, and the potential for massive returns for its financiers. Ever since Frisse Wind filed a class-action lawsuit against Tata Steel, it has been grappling with the rules governing charities and class-action lawsuits....
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While ASML continues to thrive, many other Dutch chip companies have gone through a rough patch. This is evident from Hollands Welvaren ’s annual study Hollands Welvaren the size and trends in the Dutch chip sector....
Should the Netherlands opt for strategic autonomy or strategic relevance? The differences are enormous. Hollands Welvaren the implications for prosperity, climate, diplomacy, and vulnerabilities....
The chemical industry is the problem child of Dutch industry. In our obsession with our own problems, we sometimes forget that the chemical industry in China and the United States is also struggling. A war of attrition is underway, and the question is: who will be the last one standing?...
The government is tackling the energy crisis with a meager relief package that helps almost exclusively ordinary citizens. Industry must find a way to weather the storm on its own. This is painfully evident in the "paper village" of Eerbeek, where the centuries-old Coldenhove went bankrupt last week....
There is a severe shortage of technical workers. Whether you have a home improvement project or run a high-tech company, there simply aren’t enough people to do the work. Is that because Dutch people prefer office jobs? Can this trend be reversed?...