Consulting Partners

To achieve the best possible result for your project, the participants of the International Research Project will work closely with a number of leading consultancy firms. Last year, our consulting partners provided several workshops and training days for the participants of the IRP, along with supervising the project and offering professional assistance.

EY is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and main partner of the IRP. By offering workshops and trainings with regard to high-performance teams, EY will make sure that the different teams within the IRP are highly focused on their goals and will achieve superior results. In addition, EY and Kenneth Smit offer a sales training, so that the participants develop different skills that could be important for the research project.

Bain & Company is one of the world’s leading management consulting firms helping companies transform into vigorous, agile organizations and is the selection partner of the International Research Project. In cooperation with Bain & Company we accomplished to form a diverse team of 20 top students. Study performance, the ability to work in a team, organizational skills and motivation are, among other things, important selection criteria.

Accenture is a global management consulting firm that provides strategy, digital, technology and operations services. Accenture offers the participants various training courses by their consultants. During these trainings, Accenture will focus, among other things, on technology solutions, implementation, delivery and research and development, as well as digital marketing, analytics and mobility services.

Kenneth Smit provides training for valuable employees to help achieve business goals. Kenneth Smit supervises changes in organisations, both at individual and group level, thereby creating success for all parties. As a partner of the IRP, Kenneth Smit offers the participants communication-trainings in order to improve interaction and atmosphere between the teammembers and to increase the quality of their ideas.

Oliver Wyman gives a case-solving training to the participants with regard to the research for each company, and provides feedback for each team. The skills learned during this training will be applied during the consultancy project.

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