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激烈的争论。关于现实的社会建构的讨论产生了新的观点。这一贡献通过讨论乌尔里希·奥弗曼的开创性概念，建议将解释模式作为经济地理学的一个新的额外视角。奥弗曼将解释模式理解为文化或社会结构。在更广泛的意义上，它们也可以被理解为社区中普遍共享的解释。在实证部分，研究的重点是外国公司收购或购买控股权时对管理者的解读模式。研究方法有两个方面：首先，通过定性的内容分析来分析口译模式。然后，在乌尔里希·奥弗曼的指导下，用客观解释学的方法分析了这些阐释模式。比较认识论和方法论的含义，该项目试图评估两种理解解释模式的方式。

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.