International Business the Dutch Way Final Exam QUESTIONS WITH
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
Netherlands 1000-1600/1700 - answer☑️✔️..-From muddy delta to commercial metropole
-Artificial landscape of Holland
-frequent flooding from rising sea into the rivers
-marshy wetland unsuitable for agriculture
-several places in NL used to be below sea level
-people learned how to control the water: dykes, dams, and ditches to drain
The two rivers that make up the delta around Rotterdam - answer☑️✔️..Rhine and Meuse
Rotterdam 1400's-1588 - answer☑️✔️..-city grew immensely
-start of public transportation
-marshland byproduct peat could be used for fuel and industrial purposes (production of glass,
beer)
Place in European trade in the 16th century - answer☑️✔️..-Rotterdam and Amsterdam
became international trading hubs
-ex: grain imported from N. Russia/Poland--> amsterdam --> rest of the world because of the
port accessibility
-canals used for inland transport and harbors used to ship things out
-windmills at this time also enabled land reclamation on a larger scale: Schermer polder
windmill
17th century exchange - answer☑️✔️..-loads of grain exchange
-led to industrial landscape change
-wood from germany, used for shipbuilding
,-wind power became big
Why NL was different - answer☑️✔️..-religious tolerance was present bc many merchants
came from different backgrounds and generally understood that that should not interfere with
commerce
-protestants and jews fled religious persecution and came to NL
-Decentralized power structure: cities having own governments
-large book publishing, censorship a lot in europe but in NL it was hard to censor because of the
decentralized power
-result: half of the population of amsterdam were foreigners
1750-present: industrial revolution and commercial growth - answer☑️✔️..-late 18th century
britain replaces NL as major seapower and commercial center
-Occupation by Napoleon; blockade of England (continental system) cuts off international trade
- was essential to the dutch republic
19th and 20th centuries - answer☑️✔️..-more land reclamation from underwater
-haarlemmermeer: steam engines made reclamation much easier: 1 steam engine=300
windmills
-Water management becomes scientific & export product
-Taming the waters: Deltar analog computer (1954):Currents of electricity represent currents of
water.
19th century trade landscape - answer☑️✔️..-floating pumps transferred grain from large
ocean liners to smaller barges
-Holland supplied grain to America and many people emigrated
-1913: 80,000 people departed from Rotterdam to America
, Dark pages in Dutch History - answer☑️✔️..-slaves brought from Africa/arab transported via
slave ships through Dutch ports
-Surinam slave market and sugar plantation: 1760's: 3000+ slaves sold here every year
-profits from the indonesian colony's forced labor was used to create and expand dutch
infrastructure: railways, canals, shipping
Van oord - answer☑️✔️..-leading international marine contractor
-dredging/marine construction, offshore wind, offshore energy, NL land infrastructure
van oord sustainability pillars - answer☑️✔️..-enhancing the energy transition
-accelerating climate actions
-empowering nature and communities
-achieving net 0 emissions
drivers of change in van oord - answer☑️✔️..Real GDP, population growth, climate change,
urbanization, energy demand, maritime trade
Philips snapshot - answer☑️✔️..-17.2 billion sales
-45% of sales from solutions (product, software, services)
-1% comparable sales growth
-4% increase in comparable order intake
-10% of sales spent in R&D → roughly 1.8billion in 2021
-78,000 employees in over 100 countries, -13,000 working in innovation and R&D (largest
department at Philips)
-1,100 engineering solutions employees in more than 26 countries w/ 1,800 customer projects
Main segments of philips - answer☑️✔️..-personal health
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
Netherlands 1000-1600/1700 - answer☑️✔️..-From muddy delta to commercial metropole
-Artificial landscape of Holland
-frequent flooding from rising sea into the rivers
-marshy wetland unsuitable for agriculture
-several places in NL used to be below sea level
-people learned how to control the water: dykes, dams, and ditches to drain
The two rivers that make up the delta around Rotterdam - answer☑️✔️..Rhine and Meuse
Rotterdam 1400's-1588 - answer☑️✔️..-city grew immensely
-start of public transportation
-marshland byproduct peat could be used for fuel and industrial purposes (production of glass,
beer)
Place in European trade in the 16th century - answer☑️✔️..-Rotterdam and Amsterdam
became international trading hubs
-ex: grain imported from N. Russia/Poland--> amsterdam --> rest of the world because of the
port accessibility
-canals used for inland transport and harbors used to ship things out
-windmills at this time also enabled land reclamation on a larger scale: Schermer polder
windmill
17th century exchange - answer☑️✔️..-loads of grain exchange
-led to industrial landscape change
-wood from germany, used for shipbuilding
,-wind power became big
Why NL was different - answer☑️✔️..-religious tolerance was present bc many merchants
came from different backgrounds and generally understood that that should not interfere with
commerce
-protestants and jews fled religious persecution and came to NL
-Decentralized power structure: cities having own governments
-large book publishing, censorship a lot in europe but in NL it was hard to censor because of the
decentralized power
-result: half of the population of amsterdam were foreigners
1750-present: industrial revolution and commercial growth - answer☑️✔️..-late 18th century
britain replaces NL as major seapower and commercial center
-Occupation by Napoleon; blockade of England (continental system) cuts off international trade
- was essential to the dutch republic
19th and 20th centuries - answer☑️✔️..-more land reclamation from underwater
-haarlemmermeer: steam engines made reclamation much easier: 1 steam engine=300
windmills
-Water management becomes scientific & export product
-Taming the waters: Deltar analog computer (1954):Currents of electricity represent currents of
water.
19th century trade landscape - answer☑️✔️..-floating pumps transferred grain from large
ocean liners to smaller barges
-Holland supplied grain to America and many people emigrated
-1913: 80,000 people departed from Rotterdam to America
, Dark pages in Dutch History - answer☑️✔️..-slaves brought from Africa/arab transported via
slave ships through Dutch ports
-Surinam slave market and sugar plantation: 1760's: 3000+ slaves sold here every year
-profits from the indonesian colony's forced labor was used to create and expand dutch
infrastructure: railways, canals, shipping
Van oord - answer☑️✔️..-leading international marine contractor
-dredging/marine construction, offshore wind, offshore energy, NL land infrastructure
van oord sustainability pillars - answer☑️✔️..-enhancing the energy transition
-accelerating climate actions
-empowering nature and communities
-achieving net 0 emissions
drivers of change in van oord - answer☑️✔️..Real GDP, population growth, climate change,
urbanization, energy demand, maritime trade
Philips snapshot - answer☑️✔️..-17.2 billion sales
-45% of sales from solutions (product, software, services)
-1% comparable sales growth
-4% increase in comparable order intake
-10% of sales spent in R&D → roughly 1.8billion in 2021
-78,000 employees in over 100 countries, -13,000 working in innovation and R&D (largest
department at Philips)
-1,100 engineering solutions employees in more than 26 countries w/ 1,800 customer projects
Main segments of philips - answer☑️✔️..-personal health
