International management centres are based on production-control functions. Control
functions comprise headquarters as bases of operation and beachheads co-ordinating foreign …

The days of human geography were numbered, as far as Dutch sociologists were concerned.
Around 1960, they disputed the birthright of the field. Jolles, a leading sociologist at the …

The urban system in the Netherlands differs from the general West European pattern in
several respects. The Randstad Metropolis is a multi-nucleated urban system, quite unlike the …

Introduction Philips will celebrate its centennial in 1991. This Dutch company started out
producing electric light bulbs and has transformed itself into a global electronics corporation. …

A research agenda has been developed for the study of the relation population changes to
the urban habitat and urban policies. To what extent does the changing population structure …

Focuses on the consolidation process of the European stock exchanges following the
introduction of the euro on January 1, 2002. Overview of the political and economic context of …

Research has demonstrated the existence of two urban wings in the Randstad, a northern
wing (Amsterdam-Utrecht) and a southern wing (The Hague-Rotterdam). Furthermore, …

Twenty volumes of a new Atlas of the Netherlands, for which a problem-oriented approach
is chosen, are published. In this article the chairman of the editorial committee deals with the …

Firms constantly face new challenges. Here are five examples of such new challenges found
recently in the newspapers. 'President Van der Klugt would like to have the entire range of …

Firms constantly face new challenges. Here are five examples of such new challenges found
recently in the newspapers. President Van der Klugt would like to have the entire range of …