Universität zu Köln

Franz, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-1187-5166, Fuchs, Martina ORCID: 0000-0002-4644-1448 and Henn, Sebastian ORCID: 0000-0001-8313-7931 (2018). Othering practices toward new firm owners: empirical insights from South-North firm acquisitions in Germany. Z. Wirtsch., 62 (2). S. 108 - 120. BERLIN: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH. ISSN 2365-7693

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Abstract

By dealing with the process of othering in the context of acquisitions, this paper seeks to expand the concept of othering to Economic Geography. It argues that multinational companies should not only be viewed as victims of othering in that they suffer from obstructive policies and hostile public opinion, but rather that othering also matters within such firms. As a consequence of the links they establish between different countries, employees in such companies are constantly confronted with various socio-cultural backgrounds and frequently develop rather different expectations of how their counterparts should perform. This contribution analyses how and why managers and works councils in Germany practice distancing or othering towards owners of German firms located in China and India. It shows that othering can be critical within foreign direct investments. We approach the issue of othering by focusing on the sense of superiority of the involved parties, their positions in the company organisation and their related professional ethics, as well as the dynamics of othering that are mobilised in critical situations. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews from two different research projects.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Franz, Martin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1187-5166 UNSPECIFIED Fuchs, Martina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4644-1448 UNSPECIFIED Henn, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8313-7931 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-188331
DOI:	10.1515/zfw-2017-0037
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Wirtsch.
Volume:	62
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 108 - 120
Date:	2018
Publisher:	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	2365-7693
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RELATIONAL DISTANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; FOREIGN; INDIA; FDI; INTERNATIONALIZATION; INVESTMENTS; PROXIMITY; OTHERNESS Multiple languages Economics; Geography Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18833