Knowledge transfer according to Saka-Helmhout (2009) refers the movement of knowledge, policies
and practices from home countries to host countries and flow can be one-way from the parent to the
subsidiary or two-ways between the parent and subsidiary. Employees in a home-country have many
sources of power they can use to block the transfer of knowledge, for example, they assumingly have
superior knowledge of the language and culture which can be used to promote local culture and restrict