The Dutch East India Company originally was established in 1602 for Europe to take advantage of the Asian spice trade. It was given a 21 year monopoly by the States-General of the Netherlands to carry out colonial activities in Asia. This company ended up becoming the largest and most powerful multinational corporation during most of its 200 year existance.

Corruption in many levels of the business ended up being the downfall of this company and it ended up going bankrupt Read More >>