WC = 1‚489 GEO 101 Dr. Housel April 20‚ 2012 Nike – Hilversum‚ The Netherlands Hilversum‚ The Netherlands Hilversum‚ The Netherlands Beaverton‚ OR Beaverton‚ OR Have you ever heard of the phrase “Just Do It?” Do you know what the ‘Swoosh’ is that represents Nike’s logo? Nike’s headquarters in the United States is in Beaverton‚ Oregon and became a mainstream sporting sales corporation in 1978. The popularity of their apparel increased when multiple athletes signed a contract to promote
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Dutch Slave Trade During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ mercantilism was the emerging economic policy through which the slave trade developed in Europe. In the Netherlands many historical events gave rise to a desire for domination of international trade. They were serious tradesman and were heavily involved in the profitable business of slavery. The Dutch‚ intelligent and self-ruling tradesmen took no time in displaying their dominance over rival countries‚ Portugal‚ England and Spain‚ in
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concentration camps with his Jewish mother because his father worked for a german bank dealing with confiscated jewish assets He wrote novels that helped his countrymen confront the moral ambiguities of their role during the Nazi occupation of Netherlands The novel tracked 35 years in the life of anton steenwikj as he tries to come to terms with the wartime murder of his family by ss after the body of a dutch nazi police chief‚ killed by the resistance‚ is found on their doorstep. Novel explored
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entailed‚ such as one of her main aims for Spain to have no control in the Netherlands. Even though she did have some success in her foreign policy‚ this was still highly expensive‚ which could question if a success was this expensive‚ is it in fact a failure instead. Historiography – Tilbrook: “In the end little had been achieved at a very great cost.” Synoptic – Foreign policy was less of an expensive failure during Netherlands Aims – now England was at wars with Spain‚ Elizabeth didn’t want the
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better place to live ? Phillip II was the king of Spain he was the king of a lot more places like naples England ‚Ireland and he was the lord of 17 17 provinces of the netherland‚ he was know in spain as phillip the prudent‚ he rise to power because he was the son of charles V ‚ he build the el escorial palace ‚ lost the spain netherlands colonies in the ductch revolt ‚ he tried to invade england‚ he was judge a lot and this make a little bit difficult to rule and the was a with poor health and this
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previously failed to find the passage to Asia (as mentioned earlier) via the Novaya Zemlya. After failing in Barents footsteps‚ Hudson returned to England. Henry Hudson took a great interest in exploring the Americas. He also explored areas of the Netherlands. One more thing he did was explore the eastern coast of Greenland. Hudson also sailed the Arctic twice and claimed area in Canada.
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Originally coined in the Netherlands‚ the term Tulip mania or Tulipomania dates back to the 17th Century‚ when demand for tulip bulbs reached to unprecedented peak so also the prices of Tulips. Bulb prices rose steadily throughout the 1630s‚ as ever more speculators wedged into the market. Weavers and farmers mortgaged whatever they could to raise cash to begin trading. Tulip mania reached its peak during the winter of 1636-37. The story goes on that a Dutch was offered 3‚000 guilders; a fortune
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exist between the Netherlands and the UK. UK is high on Individualism and Masculinity; therefore the UK counterparts will be driven by competition‚ individual achievement and individual success. They do not rely on others for success or consensus. Netherlands is high on Individualism and low on Masculinity‚ somewhat higher on Uncertainty avoidance than the UK‚ meaning they will be slower to take a risk than their UK counterparts and will plan to avoid any uncertainty. The Netherlands and the UK score
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international markets has raised questions about its competitiveness and environ- E. Tavoletti (&) University of Macerata‚ Macerata‚ Italy e-mail: ernesto.tavoletti@unimc.it R. te Velde Dialogic Innovation and Interaction‚ The Hague‚ The Netherlands e-mail: tevelde@dialogic.nl 123 304 E. Tavoletti‚ R. te Velde mental sustainability. Is the Dutch flower cluster going to survive the competition from developing countries with cheap labour‚ superior climate and increasing long distance
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in it. * war ended with Dutch victory in 1830 1831 – Second Phase of Padri War * Lasted until 1838 1870-1900 - The Liberal Period 1873-1913 - The Aceh War * was an armed military conflict between theSultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the U.S. inSingapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia‚ concurrent
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