Manning, Stephan, Sydow, Jörg and Windeler, Arnold (2012) Securing access to lower-cost talent globally: The dynamics of active embedding and field structuration. Regional Studies, 46 (9). pp. 1201-1218. ISSN 0034-3404

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Abstract

This article examines how multinational corporations shape institutional conditions in emerging economies to secure access to high-skilled, yet lower-cost science and engineering talent. Two in-depth case studies of engineering offshoring projects of German automotive suppliers in Romania and China illustrate how multinational corporations engage in ‘active embedding’ by aligning local institutional conditions with global offshoring strategies and operational needs. Multinational corporations thereby contribute to the structuration of field relations and practices of sourcing knowledge-intensive work from globally dispersed locations. The findings stress the importance of institutional processes across geographic boundaries that regulate and are shaped by multinational corporation activities.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Offshoring, global services sourcing, knowledge work, science and engineering talent, local institutions, structuration theory
Schools and Departments:	University of Sussex Business School > Business and Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
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Depositing User:	Stephan Manning
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2019 16:16
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2019 16:30
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/86264

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