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Foreign companies in the Netherlands - company profiles

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Marketing and sales
Reach your European customers effectively using the Netherlands' infrastructure and multi-lingual workforce

Headquarter functions
Make the Netherlands your company's European home for a pleasant and cost-efficient work environment

Customer service
Base your knowledge workers and service staff in the Netherlands to better service your European clients

Logistics
Use the Netherlands' sophisticated logistics infrastructure and services to save cost and time-to-market

Research and development
Take advantage of a superior and open R&D community to give your product the innovative edge

Manufacturing

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Shared Services Centres in the Netherlands

A shared services centre (SSC) can help you save costs on operations and the ideal place for locating such a facility in Europe is the Netherlands.

Infrastructure

Excellent telecom infrastructure, including high speed Internet, is the main attraction if you are thinking of setting up an SSC in the Netherlands. Affordable telecom services is an added benefit.

Multi-lingual workforce

The Netherlands offers a multi-lingual, flexible and well-educated workforce to man customer service centres. In fact, the Dutch are the world's most multi-lingual people, with about 73 percent speaking at least one language other than Dutch. A sound training network is in place that ensures the supply of multi-lingual labour.

Business environment

A favourable tax structure, which includes advantageous features like the advance tax rulings, participation exemption and lower corporate tax makes SSCs more cost-effective than those located in other countries in Europe.

International culture

The Dutch have developed a unique working environment that is international in flavour and very service-oriented.