Outside investors ride to the rescue of Dutch SME’s

At the beginning of April a disturbing message appeared in the press. De FinanciĆ«le Telegraaf reported that failed takeovers in SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) would cost 100,000 jobs annually. This was the result of research conducted by Lex van Teeffelen. In his research Van Teeffelen establishes that the number of SMEs for sale in…