Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and tables -- Chapter 1. Opening the black box -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why study governments in the EU? -- 3. About definitions and scope -- 4. Organisation of the book -- Chapter 2. Governments in European integration theory -- 1. A...

A survey of the 'miracle economies' of the 1990s, that analyses the role of the relatively small size of the economies in question, and of accidental external circumstances which contributed to favourable developments. This book examines the rise, in the 1990s, of the model status of the smaller...

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...