How did this tiny landlocked country, with almost no natural resources of its own, become one of the world’s wealthiest countries, a worldwide financial capital, and home to some of the world’s best known and widely respected companies? Every year, the Dr Jelle Zijlstra Award showcases the 200 most-innovative and…
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Dr. Jelle Zijlstra Award 2019 toegekend aan de heer Rudy de Man
Rudy de Man (Ixelles, 1932, gehuwd met mevrouw Van Eeghen) moest en zou bij Heineken gaan werken, omdat zijn vader directeur was geweest van het kantoor van het brouwerijconcern in Soerabaja. Zodoende accepteerde De Man, met een diploma van de Nijenrode-managementopleiding (nu Nijenrode Business Universiteit) op zak, een baantje op…
Nestlé announcing a major blockchain collaboration with IBM
A group of leading retailers and food companies including Nestlé and Walmart have signalled their commitment to “strengthen consumer confidence” in the foods they purchase by announcing a major blockchain collaboration with IBM. The consortium will work with ‘Big Blue’ to identify the “most urgent areas” across the global food…
Dr. Jelle Zijlstra Award 2018 Laureate|Helmut Oswald Maucher
Dr. Jelle Zijlstra was the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, President of the Central Bank of the Netherlands, and President of the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland, with long-standing engagement with the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands. In honour of this renowned economist, we recognize international leaders whose work champions economic…