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Contents
List of illustrations xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Business strategy 2
The Netherlands as a small country with an open economy 4
Debates in business history 8
National business systems 13
Long-term perspective 15
CHAPTER 1: FAMILY-BASED MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT, 1895-1914 18
Introduction 18
Interlude 1:The Philips family and the incandescent lamp 20
1.1 Small scale and family run 23
Cotton industry 26
Engineering and shipbuilding 29
Chemical industry 31
Food sector 34
Family management 37
1.2 The stimulating influence of the Dutch East Indies 39
A profusion of companies, many of them free-standing 40
The colonial network 41
Managing from a distance 45
The spectacular rise of the petroleum industry 47
Multinationals 49

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Publication Information: Book Title: Dutch Enterprise in the Twentieth Century: Business Strategies in a Small Open Economy. Contributors: Keetie E. Sluyterman - author. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 2005. Page Number: vii.
    
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