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Format: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 263 p. 49 illus., 19 illus. in color.)

Edition: 1st ed. 2022.

ISBN: 9783030951856

Series Statement: Economic Geography

Content: Chapter 1. Introducing relevance, research questions, and structure of this study -- Chapter 2. Defining the research desiderates: Economic geography, practice theories, and practice -- Chapter 3. Discussing the methodological approach -- Chapter 4. Developing a practice theoretical approach to practice transfer across distance and between territories -- Chapter 5. Comparing transfer resistances of three skill formation practices to the Chinese, Indian, and Mexican research region -- Chapter 6. Threading everything together: conclusion.

Content: Employing a practice theoretical approach, this study centers on how German multinational enterprises transfer three selected production-related training practices to their subsidiaries in emerging economies: onboarding of new employees, shop floor inducting of machine operators, and German-style dual apprenticeship training for specialized technicians. Empirical findings are drawn from three research regions: Greater Shanghai Area (China), Metropolitan Areas Mumbai-Pune-Bangalore (India), and Central Mexico (Mexico). In doing so, this study contributes to debates about the internationalization of multinational enterprises conceptualizing internationalization through the lens of practice transfer. Practice transfer is still an understudied phenomenon in economic geography while international business studies have a long-standing research interest in this area. This study provides a bridge between these two disciplinary fields connecting debates in economic geography on proximity/distance and knowledge transfer with organization studies-based research in international business studies – all the while providing a unique new perspective by developing a practice theoretical approach to explain practice transfer across distance and between territories.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9783030951863

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783030951870

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030951849

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030951863

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030951870

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95185-6

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (276 Seiten)

Edition: 1st ed

ISBN: 9783030951856

Series Statement: Economic Geography Series

Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introducing Relevance, Research Questions, and Structure of This Study -- 1.1 Empirical and Conceptual Relevance of the Study: Six Reasons for Reading This Book -- 1.2 Central Research Interest and Derivation of Research Questions -- 1.3 Structure of This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Defining the Research Desiderates: Economic Geography, Practice Theories, and Practice Transfer -- 2.1 Defining Skill Formation Practices as a Research Object -- 2.1.1 Current State of Research: Transfer of Technical Vocational Education and Training in German MNEs -- 2.1.2 "Skill" in Skill Formation Practices -- 2.1.3 Practices to Develop Skills "Purposefully" -- 2.2 Research Desiderate Practice Transfer in Economic Geography -- 2.2.1 Shifting the Perspective from Knowledge Transfer to Practice Transfer -- 2.2.2 Practice Transfer in Economic Geography -- 2.2.3 The Research Field Practice Transfer -- 2.2.4 Critical Reassessment of Institutional Distance as the Explanation for the Difficulty of Transferring Practices -- 2.2.5 Distance as an Interactional Effect and a Sociocultural and Time-Spatial Tension -- 2.2.6 Interim Conclusion -- 2.3 Introducing Practice Thinking: Practice Theories' Common Ground -- 2.3.1 Situating a Practice Theoretical View in Economic Geography -- 2.3.2 The Diverse "Family" of Practice Theories -- 2.3.3 Practice Versus Theory, Action Versus Structure: The Ontological Alternative -- 2.3.4 Defining Practices as Nexuses of Activities -- 2.4 Research Desiderate Practice Transfer in Practice Theories -- 2.5 Summary of the Research Desiderates -- References -- Chapter 3: Discussing the Methodological Approach -- 3.1 Theorizing with Practice Theories-An Epistemological Approximation -- 3.2 Designing the Research , 3.2.1 Professional Positionality: The Organizational Context -- 3.2.2 Selected Research Regions: Geographical Scope of the Study -- 3.2.3 Sampling Criteria for MNEs -- 3.2.4 Sampling of Interviewees Outside of Companies -- 3.2.5 Overview of Generated Data -- 3.2.6 Using Semi-Structured Expert Interviews as a Method to Generate Data About Skill Formation Practices in MNEs -- 3.2.7 Capturing the Material Element of Skill Formation Practices -- 3.2.8 Summary: Implications of the Research Design for Theorizing -- 3.3 Generating the Data -- 3.3.1 Contacting of Interview Partners: Field Access -- 3.3.2 Differential Logical Positionality -- 3.3.3 Research-Evoked Positionality -- 3.3.4 Summary: Implications of the Data Generation for Theorizing -- 3.4 Analyzing the Data -- 3.4.1 First Phase: Exploring Different Lines of Inquiry -- 3.4.2 Second Phase: Theorizing in Dialogue with the Data and Practice Theoretical Thinking -- 3.4.3 Third Phase: Systematically Analyzing the Data with the Previously Established Conceptual Framework -- 3.4.4 Summary: Implications of the Data Analysis for Theorizing -- References -- Chapter 4: Developing a Practice Theoretical Approach to Practice Transfer Across Distance and Between Territories -- 4.1 Three Elements of a Practice -- 4.2 Practices "Travel" by Means of Their Elements -- 4.3 Transferring Practices: Power in Practice Transfer -- 4.4 MNEs as Media for Practice Transfer -- 4.5 Origin and Destination Contexts as "Fabrics of Interrelated Practices" -- 4.6 Degree of Complexity of Practices -- 4.7 Transfer Resistance: A Practice Theoretical Notion of Relational Distance -- 4.8 The Role of Territorial Institutions in the Destination Fabric of Interrelated Practices -- 4.9 Reflecting on the Conceptual Contributions of This Study -- References , Chapter 5: Comparing Transfer Resistances of Three Skill Formation Practices to the Chinese, Indian, and Mexican Research Regions -- 5.1 Comparing the Degrees of Complexity of the Three Skill Formation Practices -- 5.1.1 Onboarding -- 5.1.2 Shop Floor Inducting -- 5.1.3 Dual Apprenticeship Training -- 5.1.4 Three Degrees of Complexity in Comparison -- 5.2 Fitting the Practices into the Destination Fabrics: Availability/Integrability and Territorial Institutions -- 5.2.1 Transferring Onboarding -- 5.2.2 Transferring Shop Floor Inducting -- 5.2.3 Transferring Dual Apprenticeship Training -- 5.3 Comparing the Transfer Resistances of Three Skill Formation Practices Between Three Research Regions -- 5.4 Reflecting on the Empirical Contributions of This Study -- 5.4.1 Asking Two Additional Questions -- References -- Chapter 6: Threading Everything Together: Conclusion -- 6.1 Answering the Four Research Questions: A Summary -- 6.2 Final Reflections -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wiemann, Judith Geographies of Practice Transfer Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 ISBN 9783030951849

Language: English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 263 p. 49 illus., 19 illus. in color).

Edition: 1st ed. 2022

ISBN: 978-3-030-95185-6

Series Statement: Economic Geography

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-95184-9

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-95186-3

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-95187-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95185-6

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UID:

Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 263 p. 49 illus., 19 illus. in color).

Edition: 1st ed. 2022

ISBN: 978-3-030-95185-6

Series Statement: Economic Geography

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-95184-9

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-95186-3

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-95187-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95185-6

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)