Articles and White Papers

• MThink blog: Tackling talent mobility issues
• HR Challenge: Scarce Local Talent in Emerging Markets
• Global mobility new business imperative: a collection of Mercer POVs on global mobility
• Expatriate management policy trends
• Cost projections: the answer to budgets and management mandates
• Resisting inertia: auditing and benchmarking your global mobility program
• Localization and local plus packages: an alternative deal for foreign talent
• Cost-of-Living Differentials white paper
• Location-Specific Premiums white paper

Innovations in Global Mobility: Quarterly Newsletter Archive

Each quarter, Mercer emails a newsletter on trends and topics in global mobility. Below are a featured articles from recent editions.

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2012

• Talent Mobility Key for Business Growth

2011

• Location-Specific Premiums: Choosing the Right Methodology to Match Your Needs
• How Do "Expat Lite" Programs Manage to Cut Costs?
• How Do You Know It Ain't Broke? Auditing and Benchmarking Your Global Mobility Program
• Localization and Local Plus Packages: An Alternative Deal for Foreign Talent
  • En español: Paquete de compensación “Local Plus”, una alternativa para el talento extranjero
  • Em Português: Localização e Pacotes "Local Plus": Uma alternativa para o Talento Estrangeiro
• Expanding in Latin America? Consider Panama’s incentives for assigning your employees there.
  • En español: La expansión en América Latina? Considere los incentivos de Panamá para realizar asignaciones internacionales.
  • Em Português: Expandindo na América Latina? Considere os incentivos do Panamá para transferir seus empregados.

Webcasts

Mercer holds regular live webcasts on a wide range of global mobility related topics. You can also view and listen to recorded versions of all of these sessions. To sign up or to view recordings, go to the Global Mobility webcast page.

In the News

Scarcity of local talent in emerging markets tops HR challenges for organizations

12 for 2012: Mercer issues checklist of 12 action items for employers with globally mobile employees

Mercer/WEF Report: Collaboration in talent mobility key to job creation

2011 Quality of Living worldwide city rankings – Mercer survey

Worldwide Cost of Living survey 2011 - City rankings