Innovation in the Netherlands
How do our large and mid-sized organisations innovate
Dutch organisations are widely regarded to be among the world’s leading innovators, with strong technological capabilities and performance. Yet, their investments in R&D and knowledge-based capital are relatively lower when compared to organisations in other countries. In the Review of Innovation policy study the OECD concluded that it is important for Dutch organisations to seek for collaboration between business, educational institutions, and government, i.e. the ‘triple helix’.
The global survey, conducted by PwC and Strategy&, focuses on the top 1000 public companies around the world, including eleven Dutch companies, that spend the most on R&D and innovation. The Dutch Innovation survey is a specification of the annual Global Innovation 1000 survey. The main focus of the Dutch survey is on large and mid-sized organisations with respectively a revenue exceeding 100 million euros and less than 100 million euros. This resulted in a set of 111 responses from public and private organisations based in the Netherlands.
Seventy percent are large organisations. The financial sector, public sector and technology & telecom account for almost 60% of our respondents. Among other things, the Dutch report discusses the view of the respondents on innovation spending, funding, required skills and offshoring of R&D.
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