Concept Previews

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

remember some of the regional or cultural differences in labor conditions we shall present

understand why some economies are better at job creation than others, which causes differing unemployment rates

understand the difficulties of finding qualified executives for international companies (ICs) and the importance of foreign language knowledge

compare home country, host country, and third country nationals as IC executives

realize the growing role of women in international business

realize the increasing importance of accommodating the trailing spouse of an expatriate executive

remember some of the complications of compensation packages for expatriate executives