Patterns of Interpretation about Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers in German Management

最近，知识在经济地理学中引起了很大的争论。关于现实的社会建构的讨论提出了新的观点。本文通过讨论乌尔里希·奥弗曼的开创性概念，提出了经济地理学作为一个新的和额外的视角的解释模式。Oevermann将解释模式理解为文化或社会结构。从更广泛的意义上说，它们也可以被理解为社区中共同分享的解释。在实证部分，重点是管理者的解释模式，如果一个外国公司接管他们的公司，或购买控股权。方法论是双重的：首先，口译模式进行了定性内容分析。接着，运用奥弗曼的客观阐释学方法分析了阐释的模式。比较认识论和方法论的影响，该项目试图评估两种方式的理解模式的解释。

Recently, knowledge has become much debated in economic geography. New ideas came up with the discussion about the social construction of reality. This contribution suggests patterns of interpretation as a new and additional perspective for economic geography by discussing the seminal concept of Ulrich Oevermann. Oevermann understands patterns of interpretation as cultural or social structures. In a broader sense, they can be understood as commonly shared interpretations in a community, too. In the empirical part, the focus is on patterns of interpretation of managers if a foreign firm takes over their company, or buys controlling shares. The methodology is twofold: At first, patterns of interpretation are analyzed by qualitative content analysis. Then, the patterns of interpretation are analyzed by the approach of objective hermeneutics following Ulrich Oevermann. Comparing both epistemological and methodological implications, the project tries to evaluate both ways of understanding patterns of interpretation.