Might this be a cultural languange clash, as liberalism in this context in Europe is used for freeing things up, bringing it to the market (that might still be regulated by the government), as opposed to owned and governed by the state.
Liberalism in the USofA seems to be used in a kind of individual moralistic context?
"one of the smaller countries leveraging themselves to become the principal Net provider for the continent."
Just for the facts: KPNQwest is not owned by a 'small country' in which it based it's HQ and network centre's. And how does a listed company (probably having share holders all over the world) relate it's onwnership to a country anyway?
The choice of locating the HQ is, beside the cultural aspect, for instance: choosing a language neutral country, also influenced by corporate law, the reason why for instance EADS a.o. is formally located in Amsterdam.
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neo-liberalism or neo-convervatism?
Might this be a cultural languange clash, as liberalism in this context in Europe is used for freeing things up, bringing it to the market (that might still be regulated by the government), as opposed to owned and governed by the state.
Liberalism in the USofA seems to be used in a kind of individual moralistic context?
"one of the smaller countries leveraging themselves to become the principal Net provider for the continent."
Just for the facts: KPNQwest is not owned by a 'small country' in which it based it's HQ and network centre's. And how does a listed company (probably having share holders all over the world) relate it's onwnership to a country anyway?
The choice of locating the HQ is, beside the cultural aspect, for instance: choosing a language neutral country, also influenced by corporate law, the reason why for instance EADS a.o. is formally located in Amsterdam.