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The importance of international entrepreneurship in the Netherlands Peter Cras, general director KCH. Facts. Export (2008): $537 billion Most important partners: Germany 25%, Belgium 12%, France 10%. Import (2008): $485 billion Most important partners: Germany 17%, Belgium 9%, France 5%. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The importance of international entrepreneurship in the Netherlands
Peter Cras, general director KCH
Facts
• Export (2008): $537 billion
• Most important partners: Germany 25%, Belgium 12%, France 10%.
• Import (2008): $485 billion
• Most important partners: Germany 17%, Belgium 9%, France 5%.
Facts
• Agriculture: Third largest exporting country (after U.S.A. & France)
• ± 10th largest
economy
in the World
Facts
• More competition
• Much bigger playing field
• Who has a lot can lose a lot
• Who has a little can win a lot
The times they are a-changin’
Research/development
Production
Services
Money
People
'Swappen' over the world
Primairy conditions to stay at the top
Competent to act in a global market and motivated to compete with many others
The Dutch challenge
To keep (or regain) the ‘hunger for success’
Not to lean back and quarrel about who’s getting what of the ‘richness pie’
That’s quite a challenge
• information: any place, any time, anywhere
• the world has become the playing field• flexibility and mobility will change from “nice” to “must” for many people
Mobility: an economic necessity
Labour market and education
Labour market and education
• broaden your horizon about people and systems
• learn to understand that “your set of values” is just “one set of values”
• become “richer” as a person
• the cultural opportunities depend on the position in which the mobility takes place