Global Business:
International Residential
Professor Philippe Jorion

Information about Belgium

I. General Business Information

First, let us look at a map of Belgium.

Note how the country is separated into three regions.
(1) Brussels is the center region;
(2) the Flanders are the northern Flemish-speaking region;
(3) Wallonia is the southern French-speaking region.

We will visit Louvain/Leuven, the city located immediately to the east of Brussels.

For more detail, see the map of map of Leuven.

International Business Practices In Belgium

The following is an excellent summary of Belgian character and culture.

Welcome to Invest in Belgium

See what the U.S. Dept. of State has to say about Belgium.

The Economist's country briefing on Belgium

See travel videos , or
Belgium video, Brussels video, Brugge video.

II. Government and European Union

First things first. Visit the site for the Belgian federal government.

Then visit the official Web page for the European Union.
The full text of the Maastricht Treaty is also on-line.

Belgium of course belongs to the newly-created World Trade Organisation.

III. Tourism

For European train schedules, I highly recommend the German railway web site, which has detailed schedules and fares. Click on "Travelservice (Timetable)" for English menus. Another resource is the Belgian railway web site.