In the list of corporations I cited, two spelling errors slipped in: Randstand Detache - 254,000 KNP Telecom -38,000
"Randstand" should be "Randstad", this is a corporation which hires out detache's and temporary workers to other companies. "KNP Telecom" should be KPN Telecom". The original state-owned Dutch Postal Services (PTT) which operated the Postbank, the telephone network, and postal delivery services were privatised - the bank is now owned by ING Bank, the Telecom services are a separate corporation, and the postal delivery services are owned by TNT. The shares in KPN Telecom were initially very profitable, and I met a young guy once who said he'd made enough money from trading in Telecom shares, using borrowed money, that he never had to work again. As you can see from the list, just the top four corporations employ just under a million workers within Holland. Actually, just a few large corporations account for the bulk of the value of exports as well. J.
