An Unamerican Business by Donald Kalff

Review

“an unamerican business, an attack on us management style, combined with a rallying cry for what he calls “a new european enterprise model”. the observer “expresses a stimulating contrarian economic view.” lloyd’s list “donald kalff challenges the notion that the american enterprise culture is the only form of capitalism that leads ineluctably to business success.” european business “controversial, challenging, and compelling, an unamerican business presents a credible alternative to the globally accepted american way of doing business.” advance magazine “challenges the fixation with the us approach to business.” independent on sunday “describes a european enterprise model – one which is founded on quite different values of culture, ethics and economic considerations to the us model.” european union publishers forum catalogue “examines companies that have embraced the american way of conducting business and draws attention to europe’s independence and its capacity to develop it’s own brand of capitalism.” journal of economic literature “an unamerican business offers an outline to a truly progressive ideal…a must read for mba students and corporate executives responsible for international marketing and a high priority addition to academic library ‘business studies’ reference collections…very strongly recommended and knowledgeable reading.” midwest book review “describes a european enterprise model – one which is founded on quite different values of culture, ethics and economic considerations to the us model.” european union publishers forum catalogue

About the Author

Donald Kalff ,PhD from Wharton Business School, has vast international business and academic experience, having both lived and worked in the USA and Europe in the last 30 years. 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 is visiting professor at the Leiden University School of Management, Netherlands.