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Pilz, M. & Finken, L. (2025). Doing it our way? Recruitment and training strategies of foreign companies in Germany. European Journal of Training and Development, 49(10), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-05-2025-0080 Albertz, A., & Pilz, M. (2025). Green alignment, green vocational education and training, green skills and related subjects: A literature review on actors, contents and regional contexts. International Journal of Training and Development , 29, 243–254. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12359 Hennings, M., Pilz, M., & Bebenroth, R. (2025). Recruitment practices in times of demographic change: The case of Japan. International Journal of Training and Development , 29, 309–317. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12361 Pilz, M. (2025). Guest editorial: Not in high regard: An exploration of low reputation of vocational education in the Global South. Education and Trainin g, 67(3), 279–282. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-03-2025-569 Pilz, M. (2025). Status, image, standing and so on: A conceptual framework to systematise attractiveness of vocational education and training. Education + Training . https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-01-2024-0038 Pilz, M., & Vogelsang, B. (2025). Co-operation between actors in dual training programmes: Conditions for success in the Mexican tourism sector. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training , 12, 383–410. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.12.3.4 Pilz, M., & Zenner-Höffkes, L. (2025). “There’s always someone else to blame”: A comparison of the political discourse surrounding “vocational maturity” in Germany and “employability” in the UK. Journal of Vocational Education and Training , 77(2), 392–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2023.2229796 Pilz, M., Seiffert, L., Leh, B., & Li, J. (2025). „Der Lehrkraft neue Kleider“ – Welche Wirkung hat die Kleidung von Lehrpersonen auf Schülerinnen und Schüler in berufsbildenden Schulen? Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – online. https://www.bwpat.de/profil11_ostendorf/pilz_etal_profil11.pdf Vítečková, K., Cramer, T., Pilz, M., Tögel, J., Albers, S., van den Oord, S., & Rachwał, T. (2025). Case studies in business education: An investigation of a learner-friendly approach. Journal of International Education in Business , 18(2), 149–176. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-03-2024-0031 Albertz, A., & Pilz, M. (2024). Green alignment, green vocational education and training, green skills and related subjects: A literature review on actors, contents and regional contexts. International Journal of Training and Development , 29, 243–254. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12359 Finken, L., Fuchs, M., Westermeyer, J., & Pilz, M. (2024). Ausbilden, nein danke? Befunde zum Ausbildungsverhalten von ausländischen Unternehmen in Deutschland. Pädagogische Rundschau, 78(3), 347–364. https://doi.org/10.3726/PR032024.0025 Goncharova, A., Chen, P., Frommberger, D., Pilz, M., & Li, J. (2024). Implementation of competence-based approach in Chinese and Russian commercial vocational education and training. In M. Gessler, et al. (Eds.), Expanding horizons. Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung (pp. 73–92). Springer VS. Hofmeister, C., & Pilz, M. (2024). Do cases always deliver what they promise? A quality analysis of business cases in higher education. Education Sciences , 14(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14010007 Pilz, M. (2024). Informal learning in vocational education and training: Illuminating an elusive concept. Springer VS Wiesbaden. Pilz, M. (2024). To what extend is informal learning contextualised? A study of five different occupations in India. In M. Pilz (Ed.), Informal learning in vocational education and training: Illuminating an elusive concept (pp. 229–249). Springer VS. Pilz, M. (2024). Training strategies of Chinese and British multinational companies in Germany. Vocation, Technology & Education , 1(1). https://doi.org/10.54844/vte.2024.0527 Pilz, M., Regel, J., Schulte, J., & Ramasamy, M. (2024). Quality development of vocational education and training in India: Supporting and restraining factors. In M. Gessler, et al. (Eds.), Expanding horizons. Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung (pp. 93–118). Springer VS.Pilz, M., Seiffert, L., Leh, B., & Li, J. (2024). „Der Lehrkraft neue Kleider“ – Welche Wirkung hat die Kleidung von Lehrpersonen auf Schülerinnen und Schüler in berufsbildenden Schulen? Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – online. https://www.bwpat.de/profil11_ostendorf/pilz_etal_profil11.pdf Pilz, M., Tögel, J., Albers, S., van den Oord, S., Cramer, T., & Vítečková, K. (2024). Teaching with business cases in higher education: Expectations and practical implementation by lecturers of management. The International Journal of Management Education , 22(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101068 Regel, J., Rajagopalan, A., Mukherji, A., Basu, S., & Pilz, M. (2024). Implementation of innovations in skill ecosystems: Promoting and inhibiting factors in the Indian context. Education Sciences , 14(12), 1404. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121404 Röhrer, N., Vogelsang, B., Pilz, M., & Fuchs, M. (2024). Ownership by local actors: The case of dual vocational education in Mexico. In M. Gessler, et al. (Eds.), Expanding horizons . Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung (pp. 143–159). Springer VS. Schneider, S., & Pilz, M. (2024). India’s labour market challenges: Employability of young workforce from the perspective of supply and demand. Prospects , 54, 687–708. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-024-09691-y Vítečková, K., Cramer, T., Pilz, M., Tögel, J., Albers, S., van den Oord, S., & Rachwał, T. (2024). Case studies in business education: An investigation of a learner-friendly approach. Journal of International Education in Business , 18(2), 149–176. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-03-2024-0031 Vogelsang, B. A. (2024). Kooperationen von Akteuren in dualen Ausbildungspraktiken: Gelingensbedingungen am Beispiel des mexikanischen Tourismussektors [Dissertation, Universität zu Köln]. http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/72160 Eswein, M., Alexander, P.-J., & Pilz, M. (2023). Japan [Länderstudie]. In BIBB (Ed.), Internationales Handbuch der Berufsbildung (Bd. 58). Verlag Barbara Budrich. Finken, L., & Pilz, M. (2023). Sitting on the fence: Adapt or import? – A study on training activities of foreign multinationals in Germany. In V. Tūtlys, L. Vaitkutė, & C. Nägele (Eds.), Vocational Education and Training Transformations for Digital, Sustainable and Socially Fair Future. Proceedings of the 5th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training, Kaunas, 25.–26. May (pp. 155–164). European Research Network on VET, VETNET, Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy, Institute of Educational Science. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7808542 Fuchs, M., Westermeyer, J., Finken, L., & Pilz, M. (2023). Ausländische Direktinvestitionen und lokale Wissensbasis: Die Einbettung von Niederlassungen in die deutsche duale Ausbildung. Raumforschung und Raumordnung/Spatial Research and Planning , 82(2), 91–106. https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.179 Pilz, M. (2023). Training in a dual mode: Cooperation structures and procedures in actors’ networks in Mexico. In L. Moreno Herrera, M. Teräs, P. Gougoulakis, & J. Kontio (Eds.), Learning, teaching and policy making in VET (pp. 518–543). Atlas.Pilz, M., Elbert, C. (2023). Berufswahlmotive und Perspektiven von Lehrkräften an berufsbildenden Schulen in privater Trägerschaft. Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – online. https://www.bwpat.de/profil8_fuerstenau/pilz_elbert_profil8.pdf Pilz, M., Fiedler, D., & Sakano, S. (2023). Die Attraktivität der beruflichen Bildung in Japan: Eine Untersuchung aus der Perspektive von Lehrkräften beruflicher Schulen. In D. Chiavacci & I. Wieczorek (Eds.), Japan 2023: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (pp. 177–200). Iudicium. Pilz, M., Fuchs, M., Li, J., Finken, L., & Westermeyer, J. (2023). Similar or Different Training Cultures? German and Chinese Companies in Their Home and Host Countries. Societies , 13(5), 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13050116 Pilz, M., & Sakano, S. (2023). Recruitment and training in Japanese SMEs: A case study concerning lifelong learning in the manufacturing industry at the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. In W. O. Lee, P. Brown, A. L. Goodwin, & A. Green (Eds.), International handbook on education development in Asia-Pacific (pp. 1–20). Springer.Pilz, M., Sakano, S., & Alexander, P.-J. (2023). Der Übergang von Schule in Beruf in Zeiten von ökonomischer und sozialer Instabilität in Japan. In K. Aizawa (Ed.), Gemeinsame Herausforderungen – Ein aktueller Blick auf den deutsch-japanischen Wissenschaftsaustausch anhand von Beiträgen aus den Ringvorlesungen 2021 und 2022 (pp. 84–108). Iudicium. Pilz, M., & Zenner-Höffkes, L. (2023). “There’s always someone else to blame”: a comparison of the political discourse surrounding “vocational maturity” in Germany and “employability” in the UK. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 77(2), 392–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2023.2229796 Schneider, S., Wessels, A., & Pilz, M. (2023). Theory and practice of teaching and learning in the classroom – Lessons from Indian Industrial Training Institutes. Vocations and Learning , 16(1), 99–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-022-09305-8 Vogelsang, B., & Pilz, M. (2023). Die sechs-P-Strategie zur Implementationssteuerung im Berufsbildungstransfer: Ansätze und Erfahrungen im mexikanischen Kontext. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik , 119(4), 633–658. https://biblioscout.net/content/99.140005/zbw20234.pdf Zenner-Höffkes, L., & Pilz, M. (2023). Ausbildungsreife als interessenpolitisch genutztes Argument im Kontext unterschiedlicher Ausbildungsmarktsituationen: Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik , 119(1), 48–79. https://doi.org/10.25162/zbw-2023-0003 Deißinger, T., Frommberger, D., Grollmann, P., Lauterbach, U., Pilz, M., Schröder, T., & Spöttl, G. (2022). Vergleichende Berufsbildungsforschung – Ergebnisse und Perspektiven aus Theorie und Empirie: Jubiläumsausgabe des Internationalen Handbuchs der Berufsbildung . BIBB. Fassbender, U., Papenbrock, J., & Pilz, M. (2022). Teaching entrepreneurship to life-science students through problem based learning. The International Journal of Management Education , 20(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100685 Fuchs, M., & Pilz, M. (2022). Die lokale Einbettung von Berufsbildungsaktivitäten mittelständischer deutscher Tochterbetriebe in Mexiko. In DLR Projektträger (Ed.), Berufsbildung International: Umwelten (pp. 51–53). DLR Projektträger. Happ, R., & Pilz, M. (2022). Economic competences of young adults around the world. Research in Comparative and International Education , 17(2), 149–152. https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999221103092 Hofmeister, C., & Pilz, M. (2022). Do cases always deliver what they promise? A quality analysis of business cases in higher education. Education Sciences , 14(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14010007 Pilz, M., Chen, P., Mies, R., Rumpold, H., & Greimel-Fuhrmann, B. (2022). Economic knowledge among pupils in Austria, India and China: Empirical evidence and cross-country comparison. Research in Comparative and International Education , 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999221074452 Pilz, M., & Ramasamy, M. (2022). Attractiveness of vocational education and training in India: Perspectives of different actors with a special focus on employers. In S. Billett, B. E. Stalder, V. Aarkrog, S. Choy, S. Hodge, & A. H. Le (Eds.), The standing of vocational education and the occupations it serves: Current concerns and strategies for enhancing that standing (pp. 177–199). Springer. Pilz, M., Schlögelmann, A., & Gengaiah, U. (2022). VET teachers and teacher trainers in India. In S. Lo (Ed.), Teacher educators in vocational and further education (pp. 13–27). Springer. Regel, J., Ramasamy, M., & Pilz, M. (2022). Ownership in international vocational education and training transfer: The example of quality development in India. International Journal of Training and Development , 26(4), 664–685. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12290 Schlüter, E., & Pilz, M. (2022). Berufswahl in der Wahrnehmung von Jugendlichen: Eine empirische Studie. Kölner Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Pädagogik , 37(72), 3–28. Vogelsang, B., & Pilz, M. (2022). Berufsbildung, betriebliche Bildung und Globales Lernen. In G. Lang-Wojtasik (Ed.), Globales Lernen für nachhaltige Entwicklung (pp. 285–300). UTB. Vogelsang, B., Röhrer, N., Pilz, M., & Fuchs, M. (2022). Actors and factors in international transfer of dual training approaches: The coordination of vocational education and training in Mexico from a German perspective. International Journal of Training and Development , 26(4), 646–663. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12279 Chen, P., Goncharova, A., Pilz, M., Frommberger, D., Li, J., Romanova, O., & Lin, Y. (2021). International curriculum comparison in vocational education and training: A collaborative development of an analysis instrument. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training , 8(4), 16–43. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.8.4.2 Frommberger, D., Pilz, M., & Gessler, M. (2021). International cooperation in the field of vocational education and training: Concepts, approaches, and empirical findings from a German perspective. In M. J. Chisvert-Tarazona, M. Moso Diez, & F. Marhuenda-Fluixá (Eds.), Apprenticeship in dual and non-dual systems: Between tradition and innovation (pp. 161–177). Peter Lang. Fuchs, M., Westermeyer, J., Finken, L., & Pilz, M. (2021). Training activities in subsidiaries of foreign multinational companies: Local embeddedness in Germany? International Journal of Training and Development, 25(4), 414–432. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12244 Hao, T., & Pilz, M. (2021). Attractiveness of VET in China: A study on secondary vocational students and their parents. Journal of Education and Work , 34(4), 472–487. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2021.1946492 Heuer, S., & Pilz, M. (2021). Work-orientated learning: The use of case studies in business education from a student's perspective. TVET@Asia , 18, 1–21. http://tvet-online.asia/issue/18/work-orientated-learning-the-use-of-case-studies-in-business-education-from-a-students-perspective Jørgensen, C., Hautz, H., & Li, J. (2021). The role of vocational education and training in the integration of refugees in Austria, Denmark and Germany. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training , 8(3), 276–299. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.8.3.2 Li, J. (2021). Learner-centred learning tasks in higher education: A study on perception among students. Education Science , 11(5), 230. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050230 Li, J., & Pilz, M. (2021). International transfer of vocational education and training: A literature review. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 75(2), 185–218. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2020.1847566 Li, J., Pilz, M., & Gronowski, C. (2021). Lernaufgaben in der Hochschuldidaktik: Eine Untersuchung zum Einsatz von Lernaufgaben. Bildung und Erziehung , 74(1), 31–50. https://doi.org/10.13109/buer.2021.74.1.31 Li, J., Posch, K., & Pilz, M. (2021). Integration von Geflüchteten durch Berufsbildung: Qualität als „Missing Link“. Bildung und Beruf , 4, 172–184. Li, J. (2021). The role of culture in policy transfer. A pilot study for transferring European models of peer review in vocational schools to China. Research in Comparative and International Education , 16(4), 433–451. https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999211062741 Pilz, M. (2021). Typologies as a tool to assess reforms in vocational education and training systems. In R. Bürgi & P. Gonon (Eds.), Governance revisited: Challenges and opportunities for vocational education and training (pp. 331–358). Peter Lang.Pilz, M. (2021). „Lost in Translation“: Kommunikationsprobleme in der international-vergleichenden Berufsbildungsforschung. Kölner Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Pädagogik , 36(70), 75–82. Pilz, M., Chen, P., Mies, R., Rumpold, H., & Greimel-Fuhrmann, B. (2021). Economic knowledge among pupils in Austria, India and China: Empirical evidence and cross-country comparison. Research in Comparative and International Education , 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999221074452 Pilz, M., Ebner, C., & Edeling, S. (2021). University? No thanks! An empirical study of why German apprentices with the Abitur choose not to go to university. Oxford Review of Educatio n, 46(6), 770–787. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1787130 Pilz, M., & Li, J. (2021). Approaches to international comparative research in learning and work. In M. Malloch, L. Cairns, K. Evans, & B. N. O’Connor (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of learning and work (pp. 572–586). SAGE Publications. Pilz, M., & Regel, J. (2021). Vocational education and training in India: Prospects and challenges from an outside perspective. Margin—The Journal of Applied Economic Research , 15(1), 101–121. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973801020976606 Pilz, M., & Vogelsang, B., Fuchs, M., & Röhrer, N. (2021). Akteursnetzwerke zur Förderung der Ausbildung im mexikanischen Tourismussektor. Bildung und Beruf , 4, 301–306. Pilz, M., & Wiemann, K. (2021). Does dual training make the world go round? Training models in German companies in China, India and Mexico. Vocations and Learning , 14, 95–114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-020-09255-z Ramasamy, M., Regel, J., Sharma, H., Rajagopalan, A., & Pilz, M. (2021). Measuring quality in Indian VET institutions: Development steps towards a framework adapted to the national context. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training , 8(4), 44–66. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.8.4.3 Schneider, S., Harris, R., Zenner-Höffkes, L., & Zirkle, C. (2021). A comparative study of the expectations of SME employers recruiting young people in Germany, Australia and the United States. International Journal of Training and Development , 25(2), 124–143. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12214 Tögel, J., Faßbender, U., & Pilz, M. (2021). Forschendes Lernen in der Hochschule: Ein Ansatz und dessen Lernauswirkungen im Kontext der Fallstudienarbeit. Das Hochschulwesen , 69(1+2), 47–51. Vogelsang, B., & Pilz, M. (2021). Conditional factors for training activities in Chinese, Indian and Mexican subsidiaries of German companies. European Journal of Training and Development , 45(4–5), 419–435. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-04-2020-0066 Vogelsang, B., Röhrer, N., Fuchs, M., & Pilz, M. (2021). Cooperation between learning venues and its limits: The hotel industry in Cancún (Mexico). International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 8(4), 67–89. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.8.4.4 Arndt, P. J., & Pilz, M. (2020). Die Bedeutung von Fallstudien im Unterricht aus Sicht von Lehrkräften. Kölner Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Pädagogik , 35(68), 35–67. Chen, P., Goncharova, A., Li, J., Frommberger, D., & Pilz, M. (2020). Kompetenzorientierung in der kaufmännischen Berufsausbildung in China und Russland: Eine vergleichende Analyse curricularer Dokumente für den Rechnungswesenunterricht. Kölner Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Pädagogik , 35(69), 29–60. Faßbender, U., & Pilz, M. (2020). Merkmale dualer Berufsausbildung in den internationalen Angeboten deutscher Bildungsanbieter. Journal of Technical Education , 8(2), 26–45. https://doi.org/10.48513/joted.v8i2.196 Fassbender, U. (2020). Collective skill formation regimes in times of COVID-19: A governance-focused analysis of the German dual training system. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training , 9(2), 167–194. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.9.2.2 Goncharova, A., Chen, P., Frommberger, D., & Pilz, M. (2020). Teamdiversität in einer internationalen Forschungszusammenarbeit: Reflexion aus dem Dreiländerprojekt CodeVET. In Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Ed.), Berufsbildung International (pp. 15–19). DLR. Guo, H., & Pilz, M. (2020). A comparative study of teaching and learning in German and Chinese vocational education and training schools: A classroom observation study. Research in Comparative and International Education , 15(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/1745499920959150 Hofmeister, C., & Pilz, M. (2020). Using e-learning to deliver in-service teacher training in the vocational education sector: Perception and acceptance in Poland, Italy and Germany. Education Sciences, 10(7), 182. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10070182 Pilz, M. (2020). Mit BRIDGE-Fellowship in Japan. In Neues vom JSPS-Club: Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS Stipendiaten e.V. , (1/2020), 78, 7–9.Pilz, M. (2020). Quality in der europäischen Berufsbildung – Ein Beispiel zur Analyse von Projekten für Flüchtlinge. In S. Dernbach-Stolz, P. Eigenmann, C. Kamm, & S. Kessler (Eds.), Transformationen von Arbeit, Beruf und Bildung in internationaler Betrachtung: Festschrift für Philipp Gonon (pp. 239–255). Springer VS. Pilz, M., & Alexander, P.-J. (2020). The transition from school to work in times of economic and social instability in Japan. In C. Schmidt & R. Kleinfeld (Eds.), The crisis of democracy: Opportunities, risks and challenges in Japan (East Asia) and Europe (Germany) (pp. 291–312). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.Pilz, M., & Gronowski, C. (2020). Eine Oberflächenstrukturanalyse von Unterricht: Status Quo und Konsequenzen für die Lehrkräftebildung. Bildung und Beruf , 3(1), 18–23. Pilz, M., & Li, J. (2020). Comparative vocational education research: Enduring challenges and new ways forward . Springer VS.Pilz, M., & Regel, J., & Ramasamy, M. (2020). Forschungspartnerschaften in der internationalen Berufsbildungsforschung: Das Beispiel Qualitätsmessung im indischen Berufsbildungssektor. In Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Ed.), Berufsbildung International ( pp. 69–71). DLR. Pilz, M., Ebner, C., & Edeling, S. (2020). University? No thanks! An empirical study of why German apprentices with the Abitur choose not to go to university. Oxford Review of Education , 46(6), 770–787. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1787130 Pilz, M., Harris, R., Zenner-Höffkes, L., & Zirkle, C. (2020). Undertaking comparative VET research in international teams: The example of exploring recruitment and training cultures in SMEs in Australia, Germany and the United States. In M. Pilz & J. Li (Eds.), Comparative vocational education research: Enduring challenges and new ways forward (pp. 291–309). Springer VS.Pilz, M., Hofmeister, C., Faßbender, U., & Papenbrock, J. (2020). Entrepreneurship Education für Studierende der Biologie: Didaktisches Design und Befunde. die hochschullehre , 15, 263–278. https://doi.org/10.3278/HSL2015W Pilz, M., & Li, J. (2020). Comparative vocational education research: Enduring challenges and new ways forward . Springer VS. Ramasamy, M., & Pilz, M. (2020). Vocational training for rural populations: A demand-driven approach and its implications in India. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training , 7(3), 256–277. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.7.3.1 Röhrer, N., Vogelsang, B., Fuchs, M., & Pilz, M. (2020). Green Skills in der beruflichen Bildungslandschaft von Cancún (Mexiko). In Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Ed.), Berufsbildung International (pp. 51–53). DLR. Wiemann, K., & Pilz, M. (2020). Transfer research as an element of comparative vocational education and training: An example of factors influencing the transfer of dual training approaches of German companies in China, India and Mexico. In M. Pilz & J. Li (Eds.), Comparative vocational education research: Enduring challenges and new ways forward (pp. 199–219). Springer VS.