Management continuity yields the greatest financial savings to a multinational corporation over the life of an investment. In difficult overseas environments, typical of new markets, ensuring a reasonable ”quality of life” for the expatriate manager and his family becomes a critical factor in a company's success or failure.

The benefits to a multinational corporation can be measured through increased management performance and productivity that occur because the manager does not spend, as is often the case in emerging market mega—cities, up to 70% of his day managing personal and family problems.

Some of the benefits can be easily quantified and others are more intangible. The following list identifies some of the issues and cost savings involved:

• Lower management turnover results in greater preservation of the knowledge that is learned about the local market.
• There is a greater tendency for managers to sign up for an extension to a posting in a hardship location.
• A greater probability that the manager will not have to be returned home prematurely.
• Senior and middle managers can be selected from a wider pool because the expatriate postings no longer need to exclude executives with spouses and children.
• Lower insurance premiums.
• Lower emergency evacuation costs.
• Significantly lower medical costs.
• Improved environmental conditions which reduce individual respiratory problems.
• Potable tap water means that families no longer have to purchase bottled water, thereby lowering the cost of living.
• Fewer incidents of marital breakdowns occur.
• Peace of mind for the manager and his family.