Objective AbstractDue an aging demographic profile, low labour mobility and a mismatch between education and labour market demand, it is has been argued that the EU region will face a scarcity of highly skilled talent in the near future. Many EU member states recognize that maintaining and increasing their present high level of economic wealth and international competitiveness will require that this scarcity is addressed. The Netherlands and Germany have ongoing programmes to attract talent from countries with high availability of skilled human resources. India is a prime focus for both these countries seeking to attract ‘knowledge migrants’.The projectNyenrode Business University (Netherlands) Kienbaum (Germany) and The Executive Consulting Group (Netherlands) have joined hands to conduct an extensive research study on “Enhancing European Competitiveness by Leveraging Highly Skilled Indian Professionals” over the period of 4 years. The research study will focus on investigating Indian professionals and strategies to attract them; investigating expectations of Indian professionals towards the employment relationship with EU organizations (the “psychological contract approach” to the employment relationship forms the theoretical framework of this topic) and translating research findings into policies and instruments and disseminating knowledge to industryThe innovative character of the study is in the production of scientific knowledge with reference to Indian highly-skilled professionals and to quantify the possible benefits of Indian talent for the European Union. The translation of the scientific knowledge into managerial implications, policies and tools will provide a significant practical contribution to European industry.Industry-Academic partnershipThrough the partnership, all three partners will interact extensively and share their knowledge and experience on this subject. Nyenrode will be responsible for the core academic activities in the research. Fields of science social sciencessociologyindustrial relationssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentsocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator UNIVERSITEIT NYENRODE BV EU contribution € 270 046,00 Address STRAATWEG 25 3621 BG BREUKELEN Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Veera Raghavan Sundaram (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Kienbaum Management Consultants GmbH Germany EU contribution € 72 644,00 Address Ahlefelder Str. 47 D-51645 Gummersbach See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christoph Aldering (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE EXECUTIVE CONSULTING GROUP SEARCH & SELECTION B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 18 120,00 Address KINGSFORDWEG 151 1043GR AMSTERDAM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Hans Jonkers (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data