An Unamerican Business: The Rise of the New European Enterprise

by Kalff, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780749450151
• ISBN10: 0749450150
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

The American model of capitalism is followed by businesses large and small across the world, but in this groundbreaking book, An UnAmerican Business, Donald Kalff argues that the time is ripe for re-evaluation. The book takes you through all the hindrances that the traditional US model creates for businesses, from limitation of growth potential to the rise of unintended consequences, and re-assesses the performance of the US economy, bringing you to the grim conclusion that past economic growth has been badly overestimated.

Author Biography

Dr. Donald Kalff has vast business and academic experience in both Europe and the USA. He has held board level posts at the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Today he is co-founder and CEO of Immpact, a biotech company, advisor to strategy consultants Rolandberger and BTF, and visiting professor at the Leiden University School of Management, Netherlands.  He holds a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Summary	p. 1
The revolution of the 1990s	p. 15
The empire strikes back	p. 16
Confidence restored	p. 17
The American view of the world	p. 19
The American Enterprise Model	p. 20
A second look	p. 23
Wrapping up	p. 27
The 1990s were not what they seemed	p. 29
The US economy performed poorly	p. 31
US corporate results were dismal	p. 35
A legacy of vulnerabilities	p. 42
Sacrificing the shareholder	p. 48
An indictment	p. 53
The end of the road	p. 55
Economic policies in the US and in the EU	p. 57
The corporate gloss loses its shine	p. 63
Can the franchise be renewed?	p. 78
In summary	p. 83
Unintended consequences and unaccounted costs	p. 85
The hero of the 1990s	p. 86
Corporate head office	p. 95
Battlegrounds	p. 103
The Gulag Archipelago	p. 118
A European Enterprise Model	p. 121
The foundations of growth	p. 121
Ownership, control and economic benefits	p. 127
Governance	p. 132
The European manager	p. 138
The management agenda	p. 143
A sense of inevitability	p. 155
The competitiveness of Europe	p. 157
Rekindling internal growth	p. 159
A world of partnerships	p. 171
The new foundations	p. 178
Taking stock	p. 185
Epilogue	p. 187
Notes	p. 205
Index	p. 215
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