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Syllabus of the Subject - Doing Business in the Netherlands. Amsterdam

  1. Introduction to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
  2. Dutch Economy
  3. Doing Business in Amsterdam
  4. Dutch Foreign Trade
  5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Netherlands
  6. Access to the Dutch market
  7. Business Plan for the Netherlands

Transport and Logistics in the Netherlands

  1. Port of Rotterdam (the largest port in Europe)
  2. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium)
  3. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor (Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France)

Dutch Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements

  1. The Netherlands and the European Economic Area
  2. European Union
  3. As a member of the European Union, the Netherlands is a beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements with Algeria, Ivory Coast, South Africa, South Korea, Chile, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, India, Mexico, MERCOSUR, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia etc. besides the Customs Union with Turkey

The objectives of the Subject “Doing Business in the Netherlands (Holland)” are the following:

  1. To analyse the Dutch Economy and Foreign Trade
  2. To know the business opportunities in the Dutch market
  3. To analyse the trade relations of the Netherlands with the country of the student
  4. To know the Free Trade Agreements of the Netherlands as a member of the European Union
  5. To develop a business plan for the Dutch market
The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Netherlands” belongs to the following Online Higher Education Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
  1. Doctorates: European Business, World Trade
  2. Masters: Business in Europe, International Business, Foreign Trade

European Union, Master Doctorate Business Masters and Doctorates in International Business adapted to the Dutch Students

Online Continuing education (Masters, Courses)

Learning materials in Master in International Business in English + Study Master Doctorate Business in Spanish Paises Bajos Study, Master in International Business in French Pays-Bas Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Países Baixos.

  1. Credits of the Subject “Doing Business in the Netherlands”: 1 ECTS
  2. Duration: one week

North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium)

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Description of the Subject: Doing Business in the Netherlands (Holland)

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Europe)

  1. Capital of the Netherlands: Amsterdam and The Hague
  2. Official Language: Dutch
  3. Dutch Area: 41,543 square kilometres
  4. Dutch Population: 17 million people (one of the most densely populated countries in the world)
  5. Type of Government of the Netherlands: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
  6. Borders of the Netherlands: Germany and Belgium
  7. Dutch Independence: 1581 (Spain)
  8. The three Caribbean islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba belong to the Netherlands and are considered as overseas territories of the European Union, i.e., they are not part of the customs union or Schengen area
  9. Indonesia (Dutch East Indies, independence in 1949), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, belonged to the Dutch colonial empire
  10. Abolition of Slavery: 1814
  11. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice (United Nations) are in The Hague

North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor (Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France)

Religion in the Netherlands: Christianity

  1. Catholicism: 27%
  2. Protestantism: 17%.
  3. The Baptist Church was created by John Smyth in the Netherlands

The Netherlands belongs to the Western Civilisation (European Economic Area)

European Union-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Course)

Economy of the Netherlands (Holland).

  1. The Kingdom of the Netherlands is one of the most developed countries in the world, occupying the third place in human development (United Nations Human Development Index)
  2. According to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the Netherlands is the 18th largest economy in the world
  3. The global financial crisis triggered a major crisis
  4. The Netherlands has been a member of the European Union since 1958
  5. Currency of the Netherlands: Euro (1999)
  6. Dutch GDP (nominal): 836,000 million EUR
  7. GDP per capita of the Netherlands: EUR 50,087
  8. 79% of the Dutch workforce works in the services sector
  9. The Netherlands is the eighth most competitive country in the world
  10. The main Dutch industrial activities are food processing, chemical industries, petroleum refining, electric machines
  11. The main Dutch companies are Royal Dutch Shell (oil), ABN AMRO Bank, Philips (consumer electronics), Heineken (Beers), Unilever (consumer products), KLM
  12. Many non-Dutch companies are based in the Netherlands, such as EADS, LyondellBasell and IKEA, due to low corporate taxes
  13. The Netherlands has significant natural gas resources

Dutch Foreign Trade

  1. Dutch agri-food sector is crucial and highly export oriented (the third largest food product exporter in the world)
  2. The main Dutch Exports are natural gas, machinery, chemical products, fuels, food products
  3. Top Dutch exports destinations: Germany (24%), Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Italy
  4. The main Dutch Imports are machinery, transport equipment, chemical products, fuels, foods, textiles
  5. The main suppliers of the Netherlands are Germany, China, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Russia, Norway
  6. As a member of the European Union, the Netherlands is the beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements with the ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia...
  7. The Port of Rotterdam is the seventh largest port of the world for container traffic and the largest European port. Distances from the Port of Rotterdam to:
    1. Port of Durban (South Africa): 8,156 Km / 34 days
    2. Port of Duala (Cameroon): 5,092 Km / 21 days
    3. Port of Dakar (Senegal): 2,558 Km / 8 days
    4. Port of Mombasa (Kenya): 7,120 Km / 29 days
    5. Port of Casablanca (Morocco): 1,681 Km / 7 days

International Economic Relations of the Netherlands

  1. Inter-American Development Bank
  2. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  3. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  4. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
  5. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  6. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  7. Council of the Baltic Sea States
  8. International Chamber of Commerce
  9. European Union
  10. United Nations (UN)
  11. World Bank (WB)
  12. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  13. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  14. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  15. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
  16. European Investment Bank (EIB)
  17. Asia-Europe Economic Meeting (ASEM)
  18. Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption (GRECO)

The Netherlands is an observer country to the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

Example of the subject - Foreign Trade and Business in the Netherlands:

European Union-Egypt Association Agreement (Course Master)



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