The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Expatriates Rather Than Host Country Nationals to Staff Foreign Subsidiaries

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This 9 page paper looks at the advantages and the disadvantages of using expatriate employees to staff foreign subsidiaries. The paper looks at the concepts of organizational learning and the spread of knowledge, the issue of cultural differences, internationalization of staff as well as the costs, difficulties in obtaining the advantages and problems of repatriation. The bibliography cites 15 sources.