About the episode
According to network organization Family Business Netherlands, family businesses are suffering from increasing regulatory pressure, uncertain policies and rising wage costs. But unlike multinationals, threatening to move abroad is not an option for the majority of family businesses.
Our guest is Albert Jan Thomassen, director of the network organization Family Businesses Netherlands. Presenter Thomas van Zijl asks him…
- Why family businesses provide stability in times of economic uncertainty;
- What are the consequences of the reduction of the business succession scheme and;
- Why more and more family businesses are setting up an advisory body.
The economic status of the Netherlands
From automation to self-employment legislation, from wage gap to hot autumn, from energy crisis to housing crisis: what is the current state of the Dutch economy? And what impact do international developments have? Thomas van Zijl discusses it in this series with economists and other experts in ‘The economic state of the Netherlands’.
Tags: economic status Netherlands important family businesses Dutch economy
