CHAPTER 5 The Economics of Training International Managers

We were regularly running a five-day programme for managers from across Europe, most often with participants travelling from nine or ten countries. The course was always held in Brussels, near to the headquarters (HQ) of the organization which the managers were working for. The course required that all the participants were in the same place at the same time and so travel costs were unavoidable. Brussels was reasonably accessible and so the cost and time for travel probably could not be reduced significantly by changing the location. But what about accommodation costs? Brussels is less expensive than London, but by no means the least expensive venue in Europe.

Some alternatives were ...

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