Over grenzen. Multinationals en de Nederlandse markteconomie
Keetie Sluyterman and Ben Wubs
The financial crisis of 2008 has rekindled the fire in the ongoing debate about economic structure, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Which economic system will prove to be most effective and socially responsible? Will it be the liberal ‘Anglosaxon’ model or the more coordinated ‘Rijnlands’ model of market economy? And what is the role of multinational corporations in what may emerge as “the new capitalism”?
The authors analyze the dynamic relationship between multinational corporations and the national business system from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. This is complemented by carefully chosen examples of individual Dutch and foreign multinationals, such as Shell, Philips, ABN AMRO, Siemens, Dow Chemical and Sara Lee. This book provides a dynamic overview of mutual influence and adaptation in the Dutch market economy.
Over grenzen. Multinationals en het Nederlandse kapitalisme is part two in the series Bedrijfsleven in Nederland in de Twintigste Eeuw (BINT, Business in the Netherlands in the twentieth century). The series consists of seven themes: entrepreneurs, internationalization, concentration and competition, business and government, innovation and knowledge infrastructure, human capital and corporate governance. BINT is a collaboration of several Dutch universities and research institutes.
