Dutch Enterprise in the 20th Century: Business Strategies in Small Open CountryThis is the first book to summarise the twentieth century economic history of the Netherlands from a business history perspective. It has a broad historical coverage of Dutch business development including in particular the major multinationals such as Philips, Shell, and Unilever. Although focused on Dutch business it has a strong international flavour. |
Contents
Debates inbusiness history | |
Cotton industry Engineering and shipbuilding | |
The colonialnetwork Managing from adistance Thespectacular rise of the petroleum industry | |
ASMALL COUNTRY INAN ERA OF WAR | |
Close alliance between businessand | |
Collaboration between capital and labour | |
Internationalisation of Dutch enterprise | |
Adapting circumstances | |
COMPETING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 1975 | |
2Flexibility inpostindustrial society | |
market | |
Internationalorientation Managementandlabour relations | |
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