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Slow innovation makes the Netherlands unattractive to southern partners, warns employers’ organisation policy secretary

As policy secretary for innovation and industrial policy at the employers’ organisation VNO-NCW, Reineke Timmermans has her finger on the pulse of industrial innovation—and she worries that this pulse might be slowing.

To fully participate in major industrial innovation projects in Europe, the Netherlands must significantly strengthen its scientific and industrial base, she tells Research Professional News.

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