Article 2016

Vocational education and training goes global?: Vocational education and training goes global?: The role of global-local skill development strategies in the internationalisation of knowledge on the shop floor of multinational companies; Duale Aus- und Fortbildung goes global?: Zur Internationalisierung von Wissen in der industriellen Fertigung durch global-lokale Qualifizierungsstrategien multinationaler Unternehmen

Geographische Zeitschrift
Journal · Vol. 104 · Issue 3 · pp. 140-157
Abstract

In economic geography, an aspect largely overlooked in the debate on globalising knowledge is the degree to which multinational manufacturing companies internationalise their technical vocational education and training in order to ensure common quality standards in world-market production. This paper argues that such strategies should be systematically included in current research. Drawing on publications from the field of International Human Resource Management on company strategies of globalisation, as well as international comparative research on skill formation systems, this article adds a new perspective on the internationalisation of knowledge by focusing on multinational company strategies and local arrangements worldwide.

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vocational education and training knowledge Multinational companies Skill formation system

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Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität zu Köln, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Institut für Humangeographie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
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  • EID 2-s2.0-84992579895
  • Language German