"With respect to international assignments, the partner and the family's adjustment positively influences the expatriate's adjustment; this is critical, as lack of family adaptation is a major cause of expatriate failure."
McCaughey and Bruning
Department of Business Administration
University of Manitoba, 2005

".....Black (1999) found that nearly 25% of all returned expatriates in the United States change Their employer within one (1) year....The knowledge acquired by the leaving repatriate may Be even used against the original employer....."
Fink Meierewert
Vienna University of Economics
Vienna, Austria 2005

In 2006 one-fifth of the USA's large, established companies will be losing 40 per cent or more of their top-level talent in the next 5 years as senior executives reach retirement age. To compete, employers must be able to attract, retain and develop high performing employees when talent is scarce.
Development Dimensions
International Inc. (DDI)