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Acknowledgments -- Introduction : varieties of capitalism and business history : the Dutch case / Keetie Sluyterman -- Variations of coordination : labour relations in the Netherlands / Erik Nijhof and Annette van den Berg -- The evolving role of shareholders in Dutch corporate governance,...