“…Locally hired managers are considered to have local knowledge, defined as "contextual knowledgethe knowledge that develops in interaction among people with the programs, operations or objects (physical artefacts) that are specific to a local context" (Yanow, 2004: S11-S12). Local hires are familiar with the local context and have a better understanding of it (Kühlmann & Hutchings, 2010); they share the same language and culture with local stakeholders (Barner-Rasmussen, Ehrnrooth, Koveshinikov, & Mäkelä, 2014;Fang et al, 2010) and they have accumulated deep personal local knowledge by living in a particular country. As a part of a responsiveness approach, locally hired managers contribute to designing locally adapted solutions, in the spirit of autonomy awarded to the subsidiary (Reiche, 2007).…”