Article publications
Becker-Ritterspach, F., Bruche, G., (forthcoming): Capability creation and internationalization with Business Group Embeddedness - The Case of TATA Motors in Passenger Cars. European Management Journal.
Hotho, J.; Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Saka-Helmhout, A. (2011): Enriching Absorptive Capacity through Social Interaction. British Journal of Management.
Becker-Ritterspach, F., Dörrenbächer, C. (2011): An organizational Politics Perspective on Intra-firm Competition in Multinational Corporations. Management International Review, No 4, Vol. 50.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Saka-Helmhout, A.; Hotho, J. (2010): Learning in multinational enterprises as the socially embedded translation of practices. In: Critical Perspectives on International Business, No 1, Vol. 6 pp. 8-37. URL:
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Becker-Ritterspach, F. and Becker-Ritterspach, J. (2009): The Development of India’s Small Car Path. In: Management Online Review, April 2009.
Dörrenbächer, C.; Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2009): Introducing Socio-political Perspectives on Intrafirm Competition, Production Relocation and Outsourcing. In: Competition and Change, No. 3, Vol. 13, pp. 193–198.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Dörrenbächer, C. (2009): Intrafirm Competition in Multinational Corporations: Towards a Political Framework. In: Competition and Change, No. 3, Vol. 13, pp. 199–213
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2006): Book Review of Peer Hull Kristensen, Jonathan Zeitlin, Local Players in Global Games: The Strategic Constitution of a Multinational Corporation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (2005). Journal of International Management, No. 12, Vol. 3.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2006): The social constitution of knowledge integration in MNEs: A theoretical framework. Journal of International Management, No. 12, Vol. 3, pp. 358-377.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2005): Transfer, Intercultural Friction and Hybridization: Empirical Evidence from a German Automobile Subsidiary in India. In: Asian Business and Management, Vol. 4, pp. 365-387
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2003): Interkulturelle Reibungsflächen: Ein deutsches Automobilwerk in Indien. In: Berliner Debatte Initial, No. 14, Vol. 3, pp. 47-57.
Books
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2009): Hybridization of MNE Subsidiaries: The Automotive Sector in India. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2006): The Hybridization of Local MNE Production Systems: The Case of Subsidiaries in India. Research School Systems, Organisation and Management. Ridderkerk: Labyrint Publications.
Book chapters
Blazejewski, S., Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2011): Conflict in headquarter-subsidiary relations: A critical literature review and new directions. In: Geppert, M., Dörrenbächer, C. (eds.), Politics and power in the multinational corporation: The role of interests, identities, and institutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.139-190.
Bruche, G., Becker-Ritterspach, F. (forthcoming): Tata Motors and the Financial Crisis. In: Volpato, G., Pardi, T. (eds.), Car manufacturers Strategies after the Global Financial Crisis. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Saka-Helmhout, A., Becker-Ritterspach, F.; (forthcoming): Case Study: Akzo Nobel. In: Costanzo, L.A., Dess, G.G., Lumpkin, G.T., Eisner, A.B. (eds.), Strategic Management: Text and Cases. McGraw-Hill.
Dörrenbächer, C., Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2010): Konzerninterner Wettbewerb in multinationalen Unternehmen: Eine organisationspolitische Skizze. In: Schmid, S. (ed.), Internationale Unternehmungen und das Management ausländischer Tochtergesellschaften. Wiesbaden: Gabler, mir-edition.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2009): Maruti-Suzuki's Trajectory: From a public sector enterprise to a Japanese owned subsidiary. In: M. Freyssenet, (ed.). The Second Automobile Revolution. The automobile firms trajectories at the beginning of the XXIth century. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 404-418.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Becker-Ritterspach, J. (2008): Die Entwicklung des Automobilismus in Indien. In: W. Canzler; G. Schmidt (eds.). Zukünfte des Automobils. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin: Sigma.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Becker-Ritterspach, J. (2006): Isomorphie und Entkoppelung im Neo-Institutionalismus. In: Senge, K., Hellmann, K-U. (eds.). Einführung in den Neo-Institutionalismus. Berlin: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 102-117.
Becker-Ritterspach, J.; Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2006): Organisationales Feld und Gesellschaftlicher Sektor im Neo-Institutionalismus. In: Senge, K.; Hellmann, K-U. (eds.). Einführung in den Neo-Institutionalismus. Berlin: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 118-136.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2006): Wissenstransfer und -integration im Transnationalen Konzern. In: Mense-Petermann, U., Wagner, G. (eds.). Transnationale Konzerne: Ein neuer Organisationstyp? Berlin: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 153-187.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Lange, K.; Lohr, K. (2003): Internationaler Modelltransfer und lokaler Widerstand. Die Einführung eines konzernweiten softwarebasierten Organisationsmodells in einem globalen Aufzug-Konzern. In: Dörrenbächer, C. (ed.). Modelltransfer in multinationalen Unternehmen. Strategien und Probleme grenzüberschreitender Konzernintegration. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin: Sigma Verlag, pp. 113-129.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2003): Helmut Schelsky. Auf der Suche nach Wirklichkeit. In: Müller, H-P., Schmid, M. (eds.). Hauptwerke der Ungleichheitsforschung. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 227-229.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Lange K.; Lohr, K. (2002): Control Mechanisms and Patterns of Reorganization. In: Geppert, M., Matten, D., Williams, K. (eds.). Challenges for European Management in a Global Context. Experiences from Britain and Germany. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Publishers, pp. 68-95.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2001): Identifikation von Marktchancen für Eisenbahntechnik im indischen Markt. Umfassende Marktstudie für die INNOVA Privat-Akademie GmbH Berlin.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2000): India 2010 - Where is the Elephant going? Development Prospects for the Indian Subcontinent. Scientific Report, published by DaimlerChrysler, Forschung und Technologie - FT/G-2000.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. et al. (1998): Die Bedeutung weicher Strategieressourcen für die betriebliche Restrukturierung ostdeutscher Unternehmen. Report to the Otto-Brenner-Stiftung, Berlin, September 1998.
Conference papers
Knut Lange, Mike Geppert, Ayse Saka-Helmhout and Florian Becker-Ritterspach (2011): New Business Models in the Aviation Industry: Socio-political Implications Compared. 27th EGOS Colloquium, 1-6 July, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Knut Lange, Mike Geppert, Ayse Saka-Helmhout and Florian Becker-Ritterspach (2011): New Business Models in the Aviation Industry: Socio-political Implications Compared. 3rd ICAROS workshop, 1 July, University of Surrey, UK.
Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Knut Lange and Mike Geppert (2011): The Adoption of the Low-Cost Airline Model - the Influence of Contradicting Institutions on Firm-Level Employment and Industrial Relations. 3rd ICAROS workshop, 1 July, University of Surrey, UK.
Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Knut Lange and Mike Geppert (2011): The Adoption of the Low-Cost Airline Model - the Influence of Contradicting Institutions on Firm-Level Employment and Industrial Relations. 3rd ICAROS workshop, University of Surrey, UK, 1 July. 23rd Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics (SASE), 23-25 June, Madrid, Spain.
Becker-Ritterspach, F., Dörrenbächer, C. (2011). Transfers and Learning in MNEs: A Review of the Literature. 11th EURAM Conference, 1-4 June, Tallinn, Estonia.
Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Knut Lange and Mike Geppert (2011): The Adoption of the Low-Cost Airline Model: The Influence of Contradicting Institutions on Firm-Level Employment and Industrial Relations. Research seminar at department of Management, King's College London, March 9, UK.
Bruche, G., Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2010). Tata Motors and the Financial Crisis. 22nd Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics (SASE), 21. - 23. July 2010, Philadelphia, USA.
Becker-Ritterspach, F., Hotho, J., and Saka-Helmhout, A. (2010). Enriching Absorptive Capacity through Social Interaction. 10th European Academy of Management (EURAM), 19. - 22. May 2010, Rome, Italy.
Hotho, J., Becker-Ritterspach, F., Saka-Helmhout, A. (2010). Subsidiary Learning and Social Interaction, The Microfoundations of Absorptive Capacity. Jahrestagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Internationales Management im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB), 19. - 20. February 2010, Berlin.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2009). Cross-border transfers in multinationals: An institutional perspective on transfer, intercultural friction and organizational hybridization in a German subsidiary in India. Paper presented at 21st Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics (SASE), July 16-18, Paris, France.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Saka-Helmhout, A.; Hotho, J. (2009). Practice Transfer in MNEs as Socially Embedded Translations: A Comparative Social Learning Perspective. Paper presented at the AIB Annual Conference, June 27-30,San Diego, USA.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Dörrenbächer, C. (2009). Intra-firm Competition in MNCs: Towards a Political Framework. Subsidiary Managers' Path and Aspiration and Subsidiary Competitiveness in Intra-firm Competition. Jahrestagung der Wissenschaftliche Kommission Internationales Management im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB), February 13-14, Berlin, Germany.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Saka-Helmhout, A. and Hotho, J. (2009). The Institutional Embeddedness of Learning in MNEs. Paper, presented at the 25th EGOS Colloquium, July 2-4, Barcelona, Spain.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Saka-Helmhout, A.; Hotho, J. (2008). Translation and learning in MNCs. Paper presented at 20th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics (SASE), July 21-23, San José, Costa Rica.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2008). Economic liberalization and the transformation of the Indian automobile Industry: The example of Maruti-Suzuki. Paper presented at 20th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics (SASE), July 21-23, San José, Costa Rica.
Dörrenbächer, C.; Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2008). Intra-firm Competition in Multinational Corporations: Towards a Political Framework. Paper presented on July 1, 2008 at the AIB Annual Conference, Milan, Italy (Academy of International Business Best Paper Proceedings 2008: # AIB2008-0070).
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Dörrenbächer, C. (2008). Transfers and Learning in MNEs: Towards a micro-political perspective. Paper presented at 24rd EGOS Colloquium, July 10-12, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Becker-Ritterspach, J. (2008). The Sustainability of the Small Passenger Car Path in the Indian Automobile Industry. Paper presented at GERPISA's 16th International Conference, 18-20 June, Turin, Italy.
Saka-Helmhout, A.; Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Hotho J. (2008). The Impact of the Interplay between MNE Organization and Host Institutional context on Practice-based Subsidiary Learning. Paper presented at OLKC Conference, April 28-30, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2008). The hybridization of production systems as dialectical transformation: Examples from automobile subsidiaries in India. Presentation at Joint workshop by SCORE and WZB–INTO: Transnational organizing and meta–organizations January 10, Berlin, Germany.
Lange, K.; Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2007). International Private Equity Investors as an Emerging Transnational Community and their Impact on the German Business System. Paper to be presented at 23rd EGOS Colloquium, July 5-7 Vienna, Austria.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Dörrenbächer, C. (2007). Transfers and Learning in MNEs: A Review of the Literature. Paper to be presented at 23rd EGOS Colloquium, July 5-7 Vienna, Austria.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; (2007). Maruti-Suzuki's trajectory: From a public sector enterprise to a Japanese-owned subsidiary. Paper presented at GERPISA's 15th International Conference, 20-22 June, Paris, France.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2005): The Contextual Constitution of MNE Subsidiaries: The Role of Institutional and Strategic Contexts. Paper presented at the 21st EGOS Colloquium, June 30 - July 2, Berlin, Germany.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2005): "Metamorphose" und "Polymorphismus" im Neo-Institutionalismus. Paper persented at the Workshop "Neo-Institutionalismus", May 6-7, at the Institute for Sociology, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2004): Micro-Dynamics of Hybridisation in Multinational Companies: Exploring the Analytical Potential of Structuration Theory. Paper presented at the 20th EGOS Colloquium, July 1-3 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2003): Hybridization of local Productionsystems in the Automobile Industry: Case studies of Indian Subsidiaries. Paper and Presentation at the Spring conference of the work group "Organisation Sociology - German Society of Sociology (DGS)" 16.-17. Mai 2003, University of Bielefeld. Theme: "Empirical Project in Organisation Sociology".
Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2003): A process-based Hybridisation Perspective on Transnationalisation. Paper presented at the workshop: "Transnationale Konzerne als neuer Organisationstyp? Theoretische Perspektiven auf Glokalität" 12.-13. December 2002, IBZ Bielefeld, University of Bielefeld, Insitut für Weltgesellschaft.
Becker-Ritterspach F., Lange K., Lohr, K. (2002): Jenseits von Konvergenz und Divergenz: Eine Mehrebenenbetrachtung von Reorganisationsdynamiken in Multinationalen Unternehmen. Abschlussbericht zum DFG-Projekt “Entwicklung und Gestaltung von Arbeitssystemen aus inter- und intraorganisationaler Perspektive” Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Knut Lange, Karin Lohr (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Lange, K.; Lohr, K. (2002): Jenseits von Konvergenz und Divergenz: Eine Mehrebenenbetrachtung von Reorganisationsdynamiken in Multinationalen Unternehmen. In: Schmidt, G. (ed.) 2003: DFG-Schwerpunkt 197 "Globalisierung". Regulierung und Restrukturierung der Arbeit in den Spannungsfeldern von Globalisierung und Dezentralisierung. Abschlußbericht an die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Erlangen, in: URL: http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/%7Ep1soz/forschg/index.htm; also
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Lange, K.; Lohr, K. (2001): Control Mechanisms and Patterns of Reorganization. Paper presented at the Research Conference "MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND NATIONAL EFFECTS". Venue: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin 16/17 November 2001 Funded by: Anglo German Foundation Deutsch-Britische Stiftung.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Lange, K.; Lohr, K. (2001): The micro-coevolution of an organizational model in a multinational corporation: Bringing actors into the coevolutionary framework. Paper presented at the 17 th EGOS Colloquium, July 5-7, 2001 Lyon, France.
Becker-Ritterspach, F.; Lange, K.; Lohr, K. (2001): Do European Corporate Coordination and Control Systems Converge? Paper presented at the Founding Conference of the European Academy of Management, April 19-21, 2001 Barcelona, Spain.