“The local employees understand the bureaucracy and how to get through the red tape, which is usually much worse than in this country，” says Charles Stevens, Microsoft’s general manager for worldwide business strategy.(出自：TIME, Nov. 29，1993，p. 28)

〔微软公司海外企业多聘雇当地人为员工，总经理说明原因〕「当地人当员工比较了解该国官场作风，懂得如何通过繁文缛节，而这些规章繁复的情形通常比美国严重得多。」微软负责世界商业策略的总经理史帝文斯这样表示。