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

Abstract

In the current chapter, the empirical findings are systematically presented. This chapter empirically underpins the theorizations developed for this study presented in Chap. 4. To this aim, three selected skill formation practices transferred by German MNEs are presented: onboarding of new employees, shop floor inducting of machine operators, and German-style dual apprenticeship training for technicians. The three skill formation practices are then compared with regard to their degrees of complexity. In a second step, the availability of the elements of the three practices in the three research regions (Greater Shanghai Area, Metropolitan Areas Mumbai-Pune-Bangalore, and Central Mexico) is systematically analyzed and compared. Here, especially the question of territorial institutions comes into play. Subsequently, the chapter critically reflects the empirical contribution of this study based on the research desiderates presented in Chap. 2, it discusses implications of these findings for managing practitioners in MNEs, and it shows new avenues for future research. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Comparison between research regions (Greater Shanghai Area, Metropolitan Areas Mumbai-Pune-Bangalore, Central Mexico) Comparison of transfer resistances Comparison between skill formation practices (onboarding, shop floor inducting, dual apprenticeship training) Empirical findings Empirical validation of concepts Learnings for practitioners

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Author Affiliations

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Funding & Acknowledgements

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF

is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF\u2014Bundesministerium f\u00FC Bildung und Forschung) and to a lesser degree by the participating (mostly) German MNEs. The training imparted in the VETnet project in Pune is, however, not a typical example of dual apprenticeship training, as defined in this study, especially in that the duration of the training is relatively short\u2014only one year\u2014instead of the customary three years.

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

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