Dutch Enterprise in the 20th Century: Business Strategies in Small Open Country

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Routledge, Jul 4, 2013 - Business & Economics - 336 pages
This 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.
 

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ListofillustrationsAcknowledgements
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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Keetie E. Sluyterman is at the research Institute for history & Culture at Utrecht Universiteit.

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