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Geographies of Practice Transfer

A practice theoretical approach to the transfer of training practices within German multinational enterprises to China, India, and Mexico

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Authors:
  1. Judith Wiemann

    1. Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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  • Presents extensive empirical material generated in fieldwork in China, India, Mexico, and Germany
  • Builds a bridge between debates
  • Delves into an understudied research field of the transfer of production-related skill in MNEs

Part of the book series: Economic Geography (ECOGEO)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introducing Relevance, Research Questions, and Structure of This Study

    • Judith Wiemann
    Pages 1-14

  3. Defining the Research Desiderates: Economic Geography, Practice Theories, and Practice Transfer

    • Judith Wiemann
    Pages 15-75

  4. Discussing the Methodological Approach

    • Judith Wiemann
    Pages 77-113

  5. Developing a Practice Theoretical Approach to Practice Transfer Across Distance and Between Territories

    • Judith Wiemann
    Pages 115-158

  6. Comparing Transfer Resistances of Three Skill Formation Practices to the Chinese, Indian, and Mexican Research Regions

    • Judith Wiemann
    Pages 159-246

  7. Threading Everything Together: Conclusion

    • Judith Wiemann
    Pages 247-256

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 257-263
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About this book

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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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Judith Wiemann

About the author

Judith Wiemann works as a research fellow at the Institute of Geography at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. During her doctorate she worked in an interdisciplinary DFG financed research project on the internationalization of production-related training of German multinational enterprises at the Department of Economic and Social Geography at the University of Cologne, where she also received her PhD in 2021 (at the time of the publication it should be through).Judith Wiemann holds a Diploma degree in Regional Sciences of Latin America of the University of Cologne and a Master degree in Spanish-German translation of the University of Cordoba (ISTRAD).
Her major research interests lie in the internationalization of knowledge and skills, spatial evolution of industries, regional economic development, foreign direct investments, regional economic linkages between Global South and North.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geographies of Practice Transfer

  • Book Subtitle: A practice theoretical approach to the transfer of training practices within German multinational enterprises to China, India, and Mexico

  • Authors: Judith Wiemann

  • Series Title: Economic Geography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95185-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95184-9Published: 14 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95187-0Published: 15 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95185-6Published: 13 April 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2520-1417

  • Series E-ISSN: 2520-1425

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 263

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic Geography, Business and Management, general, Economy-wide Country Studies, Human Geography, Tourism Management, Environmental Economics

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