Multinational Enterprises from the Netherlands

Roger van Hoesel works at Buck Consultants International in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and is author of New Multinational Enterprises from Korea and Taiwan: Beyond Export-led Growth (Routledge, forthcoming).Rajneesh Narula is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oslo and at the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT). He is author of Multinational Investment and Economic Structure (Routledge, 1995).

• Chapter 1 Outward Investment from the Netherlands, Roger van Hoesel, Rajneesh Narula; Chapter 2 Dutch Overseas Investments in the Very Long Run (c. 1600–1990), Ferry de Goey; Chapter 3 Technology Characteristics of the Dutch Economy, Merijn van Essen, Bart Verspagen; Chapter 4 The Internationalisation of Technological Activity, John Cantwell, Odile Janne; Chapter 5 Services FDI and the Dutch Economy, Joachim Stibora, Albert De Vaal; Chapter 6 Entry Modes and Location Decisions, John Bell; Chapter 7 The External Technology Acquisition by Dutch MNEs, Geert Duysters, Bert Sadowski; Chapter 8 Dutch Manufacturing MNEs in the United States, 1950–95, Rajneesh Narula, Annelies Hogenbirk; Chapter 9 Dutch Multinationals in Japan, René Belderbos; Chapter 10 Small, Smart and Sustainable?, Rob Van Tulder;

`a major step forward in our understanding of Dutch foreign direct investment.' Business History`The great merit of the book is the consistent way in which Dutch experiences are compared with those in other countries' Business History'...a substantial contribution to an emerging library on FDI policies, globalization and small open economies.' - Transnational Corporations, Douglas van den Berghe