Experimenting with Supply Chain Learning (SCL): Supplier Diversity and Ethnic Minority Businesses

被引：3

作者：

Nicholas Theodorakopoulos

Monder Ram

Mayank Shah

Harvinder Boyal

机构：

[1] De Montfort University,Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship

[2] De Montfort University,Department of Strategy and Management

来源：

The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal | 2005年 / 1卷 / 4期

关键词：

Supply Chain Learning; Supplier Diversity; Ethnic Minority Business Development;

D O I：

10.1007/s11365-005-4773-8

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摘要：

This paper reports on an innovative UK-based ‘Supply Chain Learning’ (SCL) initiative to encourage the corporate sector to consider supplier diversity in respect of ethnic minority businesses. This follows academic and policy interest in programmes to empower ethnic minority enterprises to achieve breakout to mainstream markets and business growth. The first phase of the initiative, entitled Supplier Development East Midlands (SDEM) is examined. By adopting an inter-organisational action learning approach, some of the key attributes of the programme are delineated, focusing on the recurrent action-reflection cycle taking place in a learning group comprising SDEM, LPOs (Large Purchasing Organisations) and small EMSs (Ethnic Minority Suppliers).

引用

页码：461 / 478

页数：17

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