The international mobility of the highly skilled : Skills Research Initiative

With in-depth interviews of the human resource managers of firms and some chief scientists and executives, the findings reveal that foreign workers constitute a significant part of executives and professionals in the biotechnology sector in the Vancouver area. [...] The B. C. Biotechnology Sector…………………………………………………….9 3. The Exploration of the Role of the Internationally Highly Skilled in the Vancouver Biotechnology Sector……………………………………………………………………11 4. Methodology………………………………………………………………………….12 5. Research Findings…………………………………………………………………….13 5.1 Recent Evidence In The International Mobility Of Highly Skilled Workers………. [...] A Case Study of the Biotechnology Sector in Vancouver, B. C.,” included an examination of the international mobility of the highly skilled within the biotechnology sector, or industrial cluster, of the greater Vancouver area, British Columbia. [...] Clearly the relative youth and lack of ties of the Focus Groups cohort allied to the close proximity of Dublin to Scotland (repeatedly mentioned in relation to the growth of low cost airlines), goes some way to explaining this liberated attitude to displacement.” The study also worked to move beyond the traditional motivators of the highly skilled being economic, career enhancement, and quality of [...] Part of the paper argued that the U. S. Congress should continue to raise the limit on H-1B visas beyond the 195,000 mark (as of 2003), stressing that “there is not enough specialized domestic talent to meet the needs of the surging high-technology or biotechnology industries,” in the U. S. Additionally, a study conducted by the Government of Canada’s Sector Council Program in 2004, which examined