Transferring apprenticeship training from Germany to the U.S.: An examination of institutionalization processes in relation to governance form

将学徒培训从德国转移到美国：对与治理形式相关的制度化进程的审查

• 批准号: 274888292
• 负责人: Dr. Johann Fortwengel
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Darla Moore School of Business
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/274888292?language=en
• 关键词: Transferring; apprenticeship; training; Germany; U.S.

The objective of this research project is to develop a theory of the relationship between different governance forms and institutionalization processes in the context of the internationalization of business activities. This will be accomplished on the basis of a comparative case study of practice transfer initiatives. More specifically, I intend to compare and contrast three cases of initiatives by German companies to transfer dual apprenticeship training practices to their foreign subsidiaries located in the United States. Existing literature suggests that this kind of transfer is very difficult and requires a very high degree of institutional change processes in the host country. With a systematic comparison of transfer initiatives, which are coordinated relying on different governance modes - hierarchy, network, and cluster -, I wish to examine to what extent these initiatives are different in terms of activities and processes involved. In this context, I will test my working hypothesis according to which transfer initiatives that are coordinated in networks will have more far-reaching and sustainable implications for the local institutional environment than those, which are organized using hierarchy and clusters, respectively. This research project promises to contribute to existing literature in the fields of international business and organization theory. In particular, it will develop a theorized relationship between institutionalization processes in dependence on governance forms.

本研究课题的目的是在企业活动国际化的背景下，对不同的治理形式与制度化进程之间的关系进行理论研究。这将在实践转让举措比较案例研究的基础上完成。更具体地说，我打算比较和对比三个案例的倡议，德国公司转移双重学徒培训的做法，他们的外国子公司设在美国。现有文献表明，这种转移非常困难，需要东道国进行高度的体制改革。通过对依靠不同治理模式-层级、网络和集群-协调的转让举措进行系统比较，我希望研究这些举措在所涉活动和进程方面的不同程度。在这种情况下，我将测试我的工作假设，根据该网络中协调的转让倡议将有更深远的和可持续的影响，当地的制度环境比那些，这是有组织的使用层次结构和集群，分别。这个研究项目承诺在国际商务和组织理论领域的现有文献作出贡献。特别是，它将发展一个依赖于治理形式的制度化进程之间的理论关系。