Thread 212062281

Why are the Dutch so good at business? Are people in your country good at business?

N*ggerlands junta cooks the books. Everything here is collapsing, energy net congested, trains 30% out of order, supermarket prices up 50% in 1 year yet they keep publishing green numbers and great success.

>ASML
never heard of it
>Prosus
never heard of it
>Airbus
isn't these niggas french/german?
>ING
bank
>Universal Music Group
american
>Adyen
never heard of it
>NXP Semiconductors
never heard of it but i can guess what they do
>Heineken
SOMEBODYS HEINE IS CROWDING MY ICEBOX
>Wolters Kluwer
never heard of them
>Ahold Delhaize
never heard of them
>Argenx
never heard of them


overall i rate them 3/10
very cringe

>>212062281 (OP)
I mean, I see it as a compliment so Poland is already being compared to Sweden or NL, even if it still looks so bleak next to them

>>212062676
Allegro.eu and CD Projekt are great Polish companies.

>>212062382
...and at the top of that, we will own you
https://www.transport-online.nl/88345/poolse-trans-polonia-neemt-nederlandse-nijman-zeetank-over/

>>212062690
>Allegro.eu
that's just an online shop and it's limited to Poland + several neighboring east Euro countries
> CD Projekt
they haven't released anything good in the last 10 years

>>212062713
Still impressive considering that Poland was a communist country not that long ago.

>>212062734
They should thank us every day and they are not doing that. Tsk tsk tsk.

>>212062780
Poland has certainly benefited from the EU. I had no idea about Luxembourg THOUGH...

>>212062790
Yeah but there are like 25 people living in Luxembourg so if the EU sponsors the building of a children's playgroup their stats become all retarded.

>>212062810
>Yeah but there are like 25 people living in Luxembourg
*Almost 700k people. Not that small. About twice the population of Iceland.

>>212062734
it's not impressive at all, Spain was a fascist dictatorship in 1975 and in 1990 it already had a lot of globally important companies.

>>212062780
desu according to this chart the subsidies we get are rather small, we get as much as Belgium

>>212062627
Kek kek malding Sweden go manufacture products while we pump our gdp numbers selling hot air

>>212063121
Because Belgium has the headquarters of the EU... They don't pay for the buildings and people themselves

>>212062281 (OP)
how is a stupid music app higher than car companies and banks

>>212062780
based Spain maintaining the perfect balance

>>212064918
Spotify owns Barcelona's (the football team) stadium. It is more than just a music streaming platform now.

>>212063106
So what? Fascist dictatorships are much better for the economy than commie dictatorships.

>>212064918
>>212064999
Spotify is making lots of money.

>>212064999
how is IKEA not on the list, it's definitely your most recognizable company

>>212065052
But how? Are ads and premium accounts that profitable? Sure, they have millions of users, but still. How many months of premium subscription or how many ads between tracks you'd need to buy a volvo?

>>212065061
>IKEA's brand and concept are owned and managed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., a company incorporated and headquartered in the Netherlands.

>>212065122
Spotify will just keep making more and more money. Adding more subscribers and higher profit margins. Volvo will continue to do well but they don't have as much growth and trucks etc. is a more competitive industry.

>>212065122
>Spotify had 675 million monthly active users as of the fourth quarter of 2024, with 263 million of those being premium subscribers.
>Spotify Premium cost: Individual plans are typically $11.99 USD per month,

>263mil * 12 = 3,15 billion every month

>>212065128
you got eek-ook'd

>>212065350
Creator of IKEA was a notoriously greedy and cheap fuck and his kids are even more like that.
He would steal napkins and ketchup packets from restaurants even after he became a billionaire.

>>212062281 (OP)
ASML is arguably the most important company in the world and why the US and West Europe are still so relevant compared to China and other BRICS shitholes.

>>212065557
Many people would say "trvthnvke" in response to your post.

>>212065557
ASML was at one point a collaboration between Philips (how the mighty have fallen) and TMSC. The fact that Philips let it go is seen as one of the biggest blunders in the Dutch business world.

>>212065703
beste paard struikelt wel eens o algo

>>212065703
ASML is till a Dutch company though.

>>212065122
>Are ads and premium accounts that profitable?
How do you think Youtube makes money?

>>212065703
very dry post

>>212062281 (OP)
airbus is french

>>212066291
Airbus is European.

>>212062281 (OP)
POLAND MENTIONED
RAAAAAHHHH

>>212066442
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGf_k0d3_b0

>>212065703
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Intel_Dutch_Spoken.ogg

>>212062281 (OP)
Isn't Volvo owned by Chinese?

>>212065810
I didn't write "profitable", I wrote "that profitable" and by "that" I meant profitable enough to surpass banks and car companies

>>212066583
It's basically just a constant money making machine. Banks and car companies don't even come close to the kind of steady income Spotify has.

>>212066572
No, Volvo Group is still owned by Swedes. You are thinking of Volvo Cars.

>>212066583
>>212066642
spotify wasn't profitable until recently
one billion net is peanuts

>>212066572
Volvo Cars yes.
Volvo on the other hand, no.

>>212066666
What Volvo group does then?

>>212066720
>>212066718

>>212066720
Heavy machinery and trucks >>212066718

>>212066747
That's shame that they sold off their cars.

>>212066776
Yep. Quality went to shit after that.

>>212066776
swedish match
tale of suedi

Only one company that matters to me. Mora.
Located here in Mora where I live.

>>212064918
Costs very little to make and maintain compared to the billions of customers

>>212066806
Very cucked to allow something like that to be sold.

>>212065703
Most succesful Dutch tech companies started as a subdivision of Phillips...