...| The Netherlands | | T. Hawkins 4/8/2014 | Geographical Location The Netherlands, is located on the coast of the North Sea, and is only twice the size of the city of New Jersey. Part of the great plain of north and west Europe, the Netherlands has maximum dimensions of 190 by 160 mi, is low, and is flat with the exception of Limburg in the southeast, where some hills rise up to 322 m (1056 ft.). About half the country's area is below sea level, making the Dutch dikes an essential for efficient land use. Recovery of the land from the sea through dikes has continued through recent times. All drainage reaches the North Sea, and the principal rivers which are the Rhine, Maas (Meuse), and Scheldt. The Netherlands, borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and the North Sea to the west and north. The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. The official language is Dutch and it resembles German in pronunciation and in spelling. However the borrower heavy from both the French and English language for technical terms. As such, there are approximately 25 dialects of Dutch. Climate The Netherlands have a temperate climate influenced the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The summers are cool with the winters being mild. Rainfall is experienced throughout the year but dryer from April to September. Because The Netherlands is a small flat country it often has windy conditions, more in the winter than in the summer, and more among...
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...Netherlands In the Netherlands they are known for their commercial history and famed adaptability. This means that they import goods to re-export them at a profit. Fifty percent of all trucks in Europe are from the Netherlands. Some of the cultural differences between the United States and the Netherlands are work floor, education, business structures, management style, communication styles and prestige. Work Floor In the United States workers what to be rewarded for a job well done. Some companies may give out an employee of the month to the best performing employee or some might give out bonuses for performing well. In the Netherlands it is a general opinion that it is normal to do a good job, expected without reward. Also Dutch employees will stay with one company for a long period of time, showing their loyalty and interest in long-term goals. Another big difference is the labor laws. The Dutch laws are very stringent which make it difficult to dismiss employees. So for a company to downsize it is difficult and can be very costly. Education Education and grades are much more important in the United States than in the Netherlands. In the US having a degree is about the only way one will get very far in any business anymore. The Dutch on the other hand as long as you have a diploma that is enough and grades don’t matter. With that being said the Dutch as a nation are highly educated. A large percentage of the country’s GDP is spent on education. Business Structure ...
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...The Netherlands is a country located in Western Europe with a population of over 17 million. With over 400 people per square kilometer, the Netherlands has the highest population density in Europe and the 5th highest population density in the world. There are 12 ‘provinces’ in the Netherlands and the country is bordered by Belgium and Germany. The Netherlands is mostly low-lying, located at the mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Meuse, and Schelde). The government system is a constitutional monarchy. The chief of state is the king, and the head of government is the prime minister. The House of Oranje-Nassau has governed the Netherlands since 1815. King Willem-Alexander, born 1967, was crowned in 2013, along with his Argentinean wife Maxima, who serves as the queen consort. The Netherlands has a mixed economic system, which includes a variety of private freedom, combined with centralized economic planning and government regulation. The constitution dates mostly from 1848, and revisions undertaken in 1983. The Netherlands are a member of the European Union (EU) and are the world’s second largest exporter of agricultural products, including just over 20 percent of the world’s potato and tomato exports. The country is highly diverse and among the wealthiest countries per capita. The country is one of the top places to live in the world for a number of reasons including its technology, schooling, and medical practices. The country is flourishing and only continuing to advance...
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...According to the textbook American Stories, the seventeenth-century Dutch “were Europe’s most aggressive traders.” The Netherlands was a small, federated nation which at the time possessed the largest merchant fleet in the world. The Dutch traded with nearly the entire world—Asia, Africa and the Americas—rivaling the fading power of Spain. This rivalry is largely responsible for the New Netherlands settlement, as the location of modern day New York City (then called New Amsterdam) and modern day Albany (then called Fort Orange) was “an excellent base from which to attack Spain’s colonies,” with the first permanent settlement being created in 1624. The first settlers were not colonists, but “salaried employees” of the Dutch West India Company, which sponsored the aforementioned Fort Orange and New Amsterdam outposts. Many of the ethnic Dutch were Dutch Reformed Calvinist. These employees were supposed to gather fur in order to receive their payment, but were not entitled to receiving land from their superiors back in the Netherlands. This failed to attract many Dutch immigrants, but the colony, even though small, did manage to attract many other ethnic Europeans and free blacks....
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...Electronic Monitoring in the Netherlands EM Conference/CEP/speech Sjef van Gennip/7 mei 2009 The results of the evaluation report from the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre show that “Electronic Monitoring is seen as a punishment by the convicted”. According to the participants the intervention is definitely a punishment: it is very difficult and is a big test of your self-discipline and responsibility. Electronic Monitoring, also known as EM, with radio frequency identification equipment started as an experiment in the North of the Netherlands in 1995. The experiment lasted 2 years. A suspect or a convict would have a receiver placed in their home and would have to wear a transmitter. The evaluation of the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre was clear: “EM is a feasible alternative for the implementation of an unconditional prison sentence”. The researchers at the SRDC write: “This is true for both the application for community service and for detention sentences.” The report also shows that Electronic Monitoring is used more in cases of detention sentences than in the area of judicial verdicts. Judges seem to be reluctant to choose to use Electronic Monitoring as an instrument to keep track of the people. And to make sure their parole officer can check up on them. I believe this is disappointing, but we - as an organisation - are going to work hard on this. I will get back to this in a minute while I speak about the developments over the last few years...
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...The Netherlands like the other countries were interested in expansion. The middle class of the Dutch saw that the key to survival was commerce. Unlike the Spanish and Portugal, the Netherlands made an attempt to spread Christianity. Around about 1585 the Netherlands revolted from Spain became independent from Philip II of Spain. They did fight, but the Spaniards lost because of the Duchess military advantages and strengths. The Dutchess naval fleet was one of the strongest around. They were also a very intellectual climate of a country, in which attracted scientists. The Netherlands became the financial centre of Europe. The reason for this was because they became very big and the most popular trader and had little interest in seeing trade adopted few mercantilist policies. Dutch architecture was greatly improved in the Golden Age. Cities grew and the economy did as well. New buildings were built. Castles and stately homes were built but most didn't make it. Marine insurance and investment funds were also innovations. The part on the North Sea had very little to work with. They won their independence from Spain in the late 1500s. In the 1600s was the best time for the Netherlands and was then called the Golden Age, in...
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...differences in doing business A comparison between The Netherlands and The United Kingdom Introduction. Facts and figures. 2 Business structure 3 Meetings 5 Team work 7 Communication styles 8 Dress code 10 Introduction. Facts and figures. The purpose of this research is to find the differences in business culture and behavior of The Netherlands and The United Kingdom. The similarities are much more numerous than differences, but there are interesting particularities. Both these countries have a very high rate of employment in services (74% in The Netherlands and 78% in the UK) which presents a closeness in terms of having an economy highly influenced by personal relations but the dissimilarities appear when you look at the main destinations for citizens from each country: Germany presents itself as the main destination for the Dutch (accountable for 30% of visits), while the UK prefers the United States above all (15% - a high percentage considering location but natural when looking at the historical ties between the two countries. In terms of economy, The Netherlands are heavily outweighed by the UK at a ratio of 3 to 1 when considering the GDP (792 billion $ compared to 2,175 billion $), but the Dutch are superior in terms of GDP per head (47,920$ for the Dutch and only 35,170$ for the British). Life and expectancy is very high in both countries (78 years men, 82-83 women), while density is higher in The Netherlands (400 per sq km compared to 255 per sq km). Literacy...
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...The Netherlands leads global efforts to improve textile industry The Netherlands is joining forces with Bangladesh to chair a group of donor countries, companies and civil society organisations that will tackle abuses in Bangladesh’s textile industry. LiliannePloumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, is also making 9 million euros available to help improve the appalling conditions suffered by the country’s textile workers. The Netherlands will cofinance these efforts together with the textile sector. ‘All those involved – the textile industry, manufacturers, consumers and governments – must shoulder their responsibility now in order to break this vicious circle,’ said the Minister, stressing the synergy between aid and trade. ‘We can’t keep blaming each other.’ As co-chair of the coordination group, the Netherlands will engage in political dialogue with the Bangladeshi authorities and employer organisations on behalf of its fellow donor countries, coordinating and monitoring international efforts in this area. In the Netherlands, Ms Ploumen is discussing the matter with the companies and organisations involved to produce a detailed joint action plan with measurable goals and a clear schedule. The sector expects to have the plan ready in June. Source: www.government.nl Consumers In 2012, the Netherlands had a total population of 16.7 million people, which is a relatively high number considering its small geographic size (approximately 41,000 square...
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...rule in the Netherlands (30 marks) The way that Philip treated the Netherlands through his policies to a large extent cause widespread revolts throughout the Netherlands, especially in the revolt of 1572 where two provinces were held successfully. Policies such as increased taxation and refusal to lessen punishments caused the revolts against his rule in the Netherlands. However, we must also take into account that were beyond Philip’s control such as the Rise of Calvinism which encouraged Iconoclasm. These policies put together and factors beyond Philip’s control fuelled the Dutch Revolts to occur. Out of all of these policies I believe the most influential factor in causing the Dutch Revolts was the duke of Alva being deployed to settle the Iconoclasm in the Netherlands. Firstly, I believe the most important the Duke of Alva’s being deployed along with 10000 troops and the role of him ultimately fuelled the hatred of the Dutch towards the Spanish rule of the Philip II. In 1567, the Duke of Alva left Spain to deal with the unrest that was occurring in the Netherlands. Really, Margaret of Parma had severely exaggerated the iconoclasm. This provoked Philip II to send the Duke of Alva and 10000 troops into the Netherlands. As a result of this, some of the leading nobles (including William of Orange) to flee into Germany and France. William of Orange was a leading noble in the Netherlands Within the four months that Margaret of Parma was still running the Netherlands the Duke of...
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...(Rink, O, 1986) After the New Netherland Company was established they set up a three-year monopoly for fur trading in the new region from the States General of the United Provinces. The company then instituted Fort Orange on Castle Island near Albany and traded fur with the Indians. The merchants only came to New Netherland for business purposes only. In the end of the three year period the land was still not colonized so the company’s monopoly was not reinstated. The land was then open for the Dutch to trade. Eventually, the States General would grant a monopoly for the company that would colonize the area. They needed to have a permanent political presence in the colonies, because they wanted to defeat the possibility of a challenge from the English, Spanish, and...
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...few years ago. I asked them what there reason was to move all the way to Norway. And actually the first thing the woman said, was that everything was better in Norway. For their children, for themselves etcetera. Everything was just a little bit better than in the Netherlands. In this paper I want to develop what are the differences between the Norwegian and the Dutch welfare system. Why do people want to life in Norway, which things are better in Norway and what makes them better? To specify my topic I want to focus on the women in the welfare system. What is the role in the different countries for women? First I want do discuss women and education. What are the differences for women in the Netherlands and Norway? After that I want to tell about women and work. I expect some differences between the Netherlands and Norway because I think for Norway it is a bigger thing to make women just as important as men in case of education, participate rate etcetera. EDUCATION The educations systems in the Netherlands and in Norway are not the same. First I will explain the Dutch education system and after that the Norwegian education system will be discussed. The Dutch education system: Children in the Netherlands begin school at the age of four. Primary school consists of eight years. During the last year of primary school, pupils will be advised on the type of secondary education they should pursue. After 8 years of primary school pupils will continue their education on...
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...freelance practice in the city of Rotterdam. Although the author of this report works three to five days per week as a clinician, his function in AA also includes quality management and strategy. The Dutch medical sector where AA operates is highly intervened and regulated. The financing of hospitals and medical services is done by an oligopoly of insurance companies. The government, under advice from the insurers, imposes capped hourly wages for anesthesia services. Non-compliance with the price limitation is a criminal offence. Between 2002 and 2007 the demand for anesthesia locum tenens was so high that AA expanded to eighteen anesthesiologists and nine nurse anesthetists, while it expanded from Rotterdam to all corners of the Netherlands. Today, our client portfolio includes sixty-one Dutch university, tertiary, secondary and primary level hospitals. AA enjoyed a monopoly from 2000 till 2006. While the author of this report still viewed the company as a medical group, by 2006 he came to realize that AA was nothing more than a temporary work agency with strong resemblances to a cab company: available resources needed to be matched with opportunities that arouse at unpredictable sites...
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...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION This study is divided into several chapters. The beginning chapter presents a detailed background of the study conducted among a group of secondary schools pupils in The Netherlands. The study focuses on new Media and whether its’ usage has any effect on academic performance. This is explored from the context of HAVO Dutch youths in Rotterdam aged 14-16 years in two schools; Calvijn and Comenius colleges particularly from their peer solidarity and socialization processes. HAVO is one of the four streams of secondary education in Holland referred to as Senior general secondary education (HAVO). The stream takes five years and qualifies students to enter higher vocational education (HBO). Some students can also choose to enter pre-university secondary education VWO or MBO education (Dutch Education Journal, 2007). The analysis is based on both qualitative and quantitative findings from Focus Group Discussions (FDGs), structured and semistructured interviews, drawings, observations and questionnaires. This study considers both the advantages and disadvantages of youth engagement in new media. The study also attempt to contribute to the wider development discourses in the field of children and youth. The conclusion for this book highlights how new media has played a role in the youth cultures in structuring their peer relationships. Throughout the study, pseudo names are used for ethical reasons. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Before delving deeper...
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...class’? Follow the 5 steps, which have just been discussed. b. Which other term can you also operationalise? Do this in the same way as in assignment 1a. Assignment 2 People smugglers with Syrians caught at Eindhoven Two Italians (21 and 20)are caught at the border, because they tried to smuggle eight Syrians into the country. This is mentioned by the military police last Sunday. The people smugglers were caught in action in the night from Saturday on Sunday in a regional bus on the A67 at Bladel, south-west from Eindhoven. The eight Syrians are between 20 and 59 years old. What is going to happen to them is still unknown. In the Netherlands, Syrian refugees who are not actively engaged with the existing regime are eligible for a temporary residence permit. At the moment there are more than 900 asylum seekers in the Netherlands. It is not known how many of them have come into the country by the help of people smugglers. Suppose, you are researching communication streams between people smugglers and refugees. a. Make a topic list for a semi-structured interview with refugees. b. Maak een topic list for a semi-structured interview with people smugglers. These assignments must be made individually and e-mailed to your teacher, clearly mentioning in your subject: Assignment 1 Research Skills with your student name, number and class. They need to be in before the next...
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...Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam is the capital of Netherlands', its located in the west of the country and in the province of North Holland. Amsterdam is known as an artistic and naturally beautiful city, which is very famous for tourist attractions. I am an average person with certain criteria, who is craving to live in Amsterdam. I am choosing to live here because it meets my expectations and interest level. Wondering what my "criteria" is? First of all it should meet the basic human needs, such as water, food, shelter and etc. Next is a healthy and strong environment, with less pollution and more greenery. After all the "have-to-have" things, comes interests and entertainment. If I break it down, the place should be cool and Amsterdam is because it's sinking (slowly). To me living in Amsterdam is more than perfect, keep reading to find out more! Population Population in Amsterdam has been decreasing since 2003, but the rate has been picking up since the last couple of years. In 2011 the population was calculated to around 779,808 people. The city is not overpopulated, which is a reason why I want to live there. I think having company is great but when there are way too many people in the city,...
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