Global Mobility Knowledge Center

White Papers

• Recent Trends in Mobility: Reflections from Mercer's Thought Leaders
• Global mobility new business imperative: a collection of Mercer POVs on global mobility
• Cost-of-Living Differentials white paper
• Location-Specific Premiums white paper

Articles

• Exceptions in Housing: Policy Flaw or Necessity?
• Host-country Housing: Balancing Cost-efficient Policy with the Needs of an Expatriate's Family
• Using Technology to Optimize Global Mobility Management
• Keeping a Firm Grip on Vendor Activity and Performance
• Truth and Consequences: Expatriate Program Opinion Surveys
• Mapping Success: Expatriate Policy Tips and Best Practices
• Dual Careers and International Assignments: What Employers Can Do to Help
• Effective Communication Strategies to Maximize Talent Mobility Objectives
• Effective Short-term Assignment Per Diem Calculations
• What Is the Relationship Between Family Size and Mercer Spendable Income Amounts?
• Utilities: An Overlooked Piece of the Housing Puzzle
• Minimizing Exceptions to Policy Without Demotivating Expatriates
• Home-Host Housing Options: What Makes Sense and Why
• HR Challenge: Scarce Local Talent in Emerging Markets
• 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

Infographics

• Mercer/Think blog: Are talent investments paying off?
• Mercer/Think blog: Most—and least—desirable places to live
• Mercer/Think blog: Tokyo is top for cost of living
• Mercer/Think blog: Tackling talent mobility issues

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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2013

• Measuring Expatriate Quality of Living
• International Assignments: Tackling the Compensation Issue

2012

• Global Mobility: A Bird's-eye View of Trends
• Managing Expatriates in Difficult Locations: Optimizing the Global Mobility Investment
• Expatriate Benefits: Similar but Different
  • En español: Beneficios para Expatriados: Similares pero Diferentes
  • Em Português: Benefícios dos expatriados: Semelhantes mas Diferentes
• Talent Mobility Key for Business Growth

2011

• 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.
• How Do You Know It Ain't Broke? Auditing and Benchmarking Your Global Mobility Program
• How Do "Expat Lite" Programs Manage to Cut Costs?
• Location-Specific Premiums: Choosing the Right Methodology to Match Your Needs

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

10 Resolutions for Globally Mobile Talent in 2013

2012 Quality of Living survey rankings

2012 Cost of Living survey rankings

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

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