The Dutch were one of the most powerful colonies in the world at the time. One of their greatest conquers is in Southeast Asia. The Dutch arrived in Indonesia in 1596. Dutch colonialism was carried out initially by the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) from 1605 to 1799. The VOC created forts and settlements in places as widely dispersed as Mocca (Arabian Peninsula)‚ Surat (Gujarat)‚ Colombo and Galle (Sri Lanka‚ formerly Ceylon)‚ Calcutta (Bengal)‚ Beijing‚ Macau and Canton (China)‚ Deshima (Japan)
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Dutch Slave Trade During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ mercantilism was the emerging economic policy through which the slave trade developed in Europe. In the Netherlands many historical events gave rise to a desire for domination of international trade. They were serious tradesman and were heavily involved in the profitable business of slavery. The Dutch‚ intelligent and self-ruling tradesmen took no time in displaying their dominance over rival countries‚ Portugal‚ England and Spain‚ in
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Today we present our paper on a phenomenon called “Dutch Disease‚” that tries to explain changes in growth of an economy in the presence of a favorable shock. While it most often refers to natural resource discovery‚ it can also be extended to include "any development that results in a large inflow of foreign currency‚ including a sharp surge in natural resource prices‚ foreign assistance‚ and foreign direct investment."[1] The term was coined in 1977 by The Economist to describe the decline of
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COMPANY PROFILE Royal Dutch Shell plc REFERENCE CODE: D92F7766-4521-4359-857D-3E0F3A288EAB PUBLICATION DATE: 6 Feb 2015 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Royal Dutch Shell plc TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...........................................................................
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/INTRODUCTION: We are going to talk about Dutch loanwords in Indonesian. About 20% of Indonesian words can be traced back to Dutch words. Some of these words are academic terms‚ for example terms in law‚ which is the reason that for many studies in Indonesia‚ it is compulsory to take a course of Dutch Language. But the Dutch influence is also visible in everyday Indonesian language. I personally thought that the reason for this would be obvious: the Dutch were present for almost 350 years in what
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During the 1650s the Dutch Republic was a union of 7 provinces with Holland being the strongest. The Dutch Republic had many challenges to their security‚ unity‚ and prosperity. The Dutch did not have a strong standing army to protect themselves from foreign invades. Also the Dutch Republic was decentralized and split into 7 provinces‚ Holland being the most powerful and successful. They were very prospers in the fact that they were in war with the English in the 1650s which made other countries
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Netherlands and Dutch Culture Seminar in multi-culturalism Table of content Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Dutch golden age . . . . . . . . 4 The geography of the Netherlands . . . . . . 5 Population in the Netherlands . . . . . . . 6 The Dutch colonies . . . . . . . . . 7 Amsterdam . . . . . . . . . . 8 Introduction Inspired by the topic introduced by director Wu of “Centre of Netherlands Education” we will write our report on the Netherlands and its Dutch culture. In this
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The challenges to the security‚ unity‚ and prosperity in the Dutch Republic‚ otherwise known as the Netherlands‚ in the seventeenth and eighteenth century were mostly routed in the wars between England‚ France‚ and the Dutch Republic (which led to the end of the Dutch’s Golden Age and the start of their economic decline). The challenges varied from one to another; whether it was military conflicts‚ the shifting of alliances‚ the decay in oversea trade‚ or the disunity among the provinces. Despite
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Power Distance In Dutch culture power distance is not a common behavior. “Acting Normal” is the appreciated standard. Dutch people do not accept hierarchy. Egalitarianism plays an important role in the private as well as business behavior. Employees in a lower positions cannot be treated as a “subordinates” or as inferiors who do everything their boss will tell them. Here the director of the company should say “hello” to the cleaning personal and should be careful with giving them the feeling that
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Stereotypes and the culture of the Dutch The Dutch are stoned all the time‚ they wear wooden shoes and all Dutch are tall‚ have blond hair and blue eyes. At least half the population is gay‚ tulips are everywhere‚ there is lots of freedom “everything is accepted”‚ Wind mills‚ the Dutch are greedy “going Dutch”‚ cheese‚ Amsterdam is heaven and every Dutch shed keeps at least a dozen bicycles. All of these are stereotypes of the Netherlands and the Dutch culture. Some are true and some are false
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