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1.3 Businessmen and the spirit of free enterprise 52
Trade, restrictive trade practices, trusts and cartels 52
Discussion on a national patent law 56
Labour relations 60
Conclusion 67
CHAPTER 2: A SMALL COUNTRY IN AN ERA OF WAR AND PROTECTIONISM, 1914-1945 68
Introduction 68
Interlude 2:The Philips family firm becomes a multinational company 72
2.1 The First World War and its aftermath 75
Close alliance between business and government 78
Vertical and horizontal integration 81
Collaboration between capital and labour 84
A short but fierce crisis 88
2.2 From roaring twenties to gloomy depression 91
Internationalisation of Dutch enterprise 92
Fluctuating business in the Dutch East Indies 100
Management, organisation and rationalisation 105
Huddling together during the depression 111
2.3 The Second World War 113
Adapting to new circumstances 114
A cog in the German war machine 117
Dutch business outside the Netherlands 122
Conclusion 124
CHAPTER 3: FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN LEAD, 1945-1975 126
Introduction 126
Interlude 3:Philips achieves rapid expansion in consumer mass markets 129
3.1 The managed economy: between socialism and capitalism 133
Industrial relations and the centrally directed wage policy 134
Government and the promotion of the manufacturing industry 138
To whom does the company owe its responsibility? 144
The welfare state and consumer capitalism 146

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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: viii.
    
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