Minority-Owned Suppliers A Growing Global Supply Base

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Author(s): Bertie Marie Greer (Northern Kentucky University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Julie Prescott (University of Bolton, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0047-6.ch021

Keywords: Gender & Diversity / Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare / Sociology

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The increased focus on globalization, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, supplier diversity and other socially responsible initiatives have made minority-owned businesses an important supply base for buyers. Moreover, this emphasis has established a need for buyers to develop long-term effective relationships with minority owned firms. Businesses seeking to increase their global supplier diversity need to understand the global challenges of defining “minority” and other critical relational issues in order to increase effectiveness. Based on a review of the literature, and interviews with a minority supplier director this chapter discusses these challenges and offers practical implications.

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