The most usual consideration and research into the employment of expatriates or local managers - host country nationals (HCN) - at corporate branches in various countries are limited to the comparison of costs directly linked with their contracts (the costs of travel, remuneration and financial bonuses, and the costs of relocating families). The authoress, on the basis of the cost internalization formula of C. Hill and W. Kim, indicates those alternatives where, from the point of view of the corporate head office, it is more advantageous to employ expatriates as well as situations in which it is better to benefit from managers on the local market.
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