Dutch Economic Developments

The Financial Crisis - It's the quants wot donnit

Pricing of options used to be a guessing game - say educated guessing plus some fingerspitzengefühl. Then along came two economists named Fischer Black and Myron Scholes in 1973 with an economic model employing the insight that the option is implicitly priced if the stock is traded.  Read more...

The Present State of the US Economy

Last Tuesday February 16, the AmCham editor attended a lecture given by Howard Rosen, resident visiting fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. His lecture focused on the importance of exports for the US economy's recovery. Rosen - back on December 9, 2009 - had testified to the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on International Trade arguing for stimulating US exports as essential for the US to reduce its reliance on foreign capital without jeopardizing the living standards of American workers and their families. Read more...

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Netherlands Tax and Labor Indicators in an OECD Perspective 

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Labor Market Indicators - 1 
Labor Market Indicators - 2 
Tax Comparisons

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Chamber Events

No risk, no gold

... that summed up Dick Sluimers' message to AmCham members and guests at the Going 4 Gold dinner held last February 10 and hosted by Minister of Trade Frank Heemskerk.  Sluimers outlined the role of risk in pension administration and the continued need to focus on the long run.  Read more...

*** New Initiative: the AmCham Academy ***

We are proud to announce an exciting new educational initiative and invite you to the first session of the AmCham Academy. This new initiative offers members - or their colleagues and business relations - practical, relevant and highly focused education, tailored to the needs of the International business community in the Netherlands. The AmCham Academy offers seminars every 4-6 weeks on multiple topics, and each functional topic is discussed with the added perspective of cultural differences  in managing and implementing the subject. In collaboration with Webster University.  Read more...

Chamber Calendar

View the Chamber Calendar for an overview of upcoming events. 

In March a new series of Member-to-Member sessions will be hosted at the AmCham offices, Schiphol WTC. 

Beginning of April AmCham Young Professionals will kick-off a new series of special events with an evening in collaboration with Lex Geerdes of Aon, and dance4life.

April 15th: the first AmCham Academy seminar on intercultural management, open to members and their business relations or colleagues.

Special Member Offers and Announcements

Special Member Offer for Supply Chain Managers

CSCMP's 2010 European Conference: Preparing for the Future: Getting Your Supply Chain Ready for Tomorrow - with a 15% discount for AmCham Members.

Discount code for AmCham Members: AMCHAM

When?    25-26 March 2010
Where?  Rotterdam
Download the brochure here.

Journeys with Erasmus - The Societal Consequences of Corporate Governance: Why corporate compliance matters

Symposium organized by RSM Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

When?   31 March
Where?  Brussels
More information here.

Canon Nederland NV  - 
www.canon-europe.com 

www.kurhaus.nl

www.kurhaus.steigenberger.com

International Herald Tribute -
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IBM Nederland

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Schiphol Real Estate  -    www.schipholgroup.com/realestate 

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