Entrepreneurship can be read as a cultural and economic phenomenon. In recent times, gender has become an increasing influence on entrepreneurship. This groundbreaking new study considers both gender and entrepreneurship as symbolic forms, looking at their diverse patterns and social...

This study discusses ways of measuring and explaining the development of house prices. The goal of the research underpinning this dissertation was to develop a methodological framework for studying these developments. This framework relates, first, to correcting for changes in the composition of...

The history of development cooperation has attracted very little research to date. This volume offers an innovative interpretation by considering the history of SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, which has been in existence for over forty years now.

Deals with the issue of entrepreneurship and family business. This title considers the issues, problems, contexts, or processes that make a family firm more entrepreneurial. It covers topics such as the emergence and growth of family businesses, and the use of entrepreneurial policies, practices...

Intro -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The database and methodology -- 3. The Dutch expansion in Asia up to 1660 -- 4. Connecting the Asian regions: The trading and shipping network in operation after 1620 -- 5. The development of the VOC fleet -- 6. The shipping and...

List of illustrations and maps -- List of tables and graphs -- Preface -- Introduction -- The coastal trade in French wines and brandy -- Case studies: Nantes and Rotterdam -- Periodization and historiography -- Structure of the book -- Chapter One The Dutch Community in Nantes -- Settlement...

This case study of the tea trade of the Dutch East India Company with China deals with the most profitable phase of the Dutch Company's China trade, focusing on the question why and how the tea trade was taken out of the hands of the High Government in Batavia and put under the supervision of...

This definitive study offers an in-depth analysis of the role of social capital in Western labour markets. To address the vital question of how migrants take advantage of social relations between indigenous people and their own ethnic group, Lancée surveys the impact of various forms of social...

This is a comprehensive account of Dutch history in the 'long' nineteenth century, examining population and health, the economy, and socio-political history. It is the only single-authored book available on this crucial period, and it will be of central importance to Dutch specialists, as well...

Much could be gained from the privatization of social security, but can the gains be delivered? This work takes a look at social security privatization; at the present situation and at what the future holds. The authors examine the experiences of other areas such as Europe and Latin America