Purchasing from Minority Small Businesses

Dollinger, Marc J.; Enz, Cathy A.; Daily, Catherine M.

doi:10.1111/j.1745-493x.1991.tb00528.x

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“…Kacperczyk (2009) finds that the corporate attention to diversity can positively influence long-term shareholder value. In particular, purchasing from minority/women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) is conceptualised as an important element of purchasing diversity (Carter and Jennings, 2004;Dollinger et al, 1991;Carter et al, 1999). Inoue and Lee (2011) provide a more holistic view, whereby diversity can be measured by the extent of the appointment of women and minority (WM) executives, the promotion of WM and contracting with MWBE suppliers.…”

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Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Zhang

Tse

Doherty

et al. 2018

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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ReuseThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. This licence only allows you to download this work and share it with others as long as you credit the authors, but you can't change the article in any way or use it commercially. More information and the full terms of the licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. Abstract: Drawing from the research of green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility, this paper proposes a hierarchical structure of sustainable supply chain management and develops a multiitem measurement scale to reflect the specific management practices of sustainable supply chain management. In this research, sustainable supply chain management is operationalised as a third-order factor reflected by three second-order factors, namely external green supply chain management, internal green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility. Utilising a rigorous, multi-step scale development method and data from 293 Chinese manufacturers, this paper validates a 31-item measurement scale and approve the proposed third-order structure. The results confirm the multidimensionality of sustainable supply chain management, which suggests that it is necessary for the future researches to consider both environmental and social aspects. The valid measurement scales provide managers with a "to do list" to make the specific business decisions to achieve sustainable development in the supply chain.A third-order model of sustainable supply chain management is proposed.The measurement scales of sustainable supply chain management are developed. The authors of this paper greatly appreciate your second round comments. The comments help this manuscript improve significantly. We hope that we have addressed all the issues you raised.Reviewer 2:1. Is this true? Despite the wide discussion of sustainable supply chain management with the triple bottom line, few empirical studies consolidate its social and environmental aspects.This statement is the finding from several reviewer paper in the field of sustainable supply chain management (such as Seuring and Muller, 2008;Kleindorfer et al., 2005). However, we thank for the . Indeed, it is not appropriate to include the quotation in the abstract. So we remove the sentence in the abstract of revised version. 5. "This paper" "this study" or "this research" should be unified in your context. Please just choose one. TReviewer 3:1. Provide highlights and a graphical abstract.Thanks for the reminder. We uploaded the files of highlights and a graphical abstract (i.e. our higherorder model structure) in the manuscript system, as required by the journal. 2nd round Response to ReviewersBelow are the highlights of this research: A third-order model of sustai...

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Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

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Doherty

et al. 2018

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“…Costs include the costs of searching for information and partners (in our case public procurement tenders), the costs of bargaining, monitoring and enforcing and, eventually, delivering what has been promised [79][80][81]. As [82] (p. 10) point out, transaction cost theory demands that interactions between economic units (partners) can "be analyzed by examining the nature and outcome of their economic transactions, and the costs of executing these transactions" which are not necessarily financial costs, and can include any type of costs such as time, energy and enthusiasm.…”

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“…In this scenario, transaction costs, economic theory suggests that the difficulty of promoting or executing buyer-supplier transactions between the public sector and minority entrepreneurs is because the costs of these transactions are being perceived as high by either the minority entrepreneur, the public organization or both. Faced with high transaction costs, the buyers and sellers that would normally be willing to make contract and work together will be unable to do so [82].…”

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“…According to the literature, other factors serving as hurdles to minority entrepreneurs (where internal management resources can be extremely limited) successfully accessing public procurement include legislative constraints and the actual bureaucracy of the procurement process itself [82]. Public procurers do not seem to treat minority entrepreneurs as seriously as the entrepreneurs regard themselves.…”

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Exclude Me Not: The Untold Story of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Sweden

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This article examines the perspectives of immigrant entrepreneurs on the barriers they face regarding their inclusion in public procurement in Sweden through the so-called supplier diversity programs. Drawing upon modern stakeholder theory and transaction cost economics, this study aims to identify potential barriers such entrepreneurs face in succeeding as suppliers to the public sector. Data were collected through interviews with immigrant entrepreneurs who had experience with the public procurement tender process in Sweden. The results reveal that immigrant entrepreneurs doing business with public procurement face several barriers, ranging from economic to social ones such as information, advertising, human resources, and undercapitalization. The interviewees believe that such barriers weaken their performance and hinder their success in public procurement tenders. When it comes to supplier diversity programs, the entrepreneurs under study were either unaware of such programs in public procurement in Sweden or did not believe in their effectiveness.

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“…Such suppliers do tend to cluster infrequently in particular industries and may lack skills, capital, and technology. Moreover, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) may also represent their capabilities (either intentionally or otherwise) to win corporate contracts (Dollinger, Enz, & Daily, 1991). Krause et al (1999) confirm that these problems of access to capital, the conflict between supplier rationalisation and SD adoption, and a lack of qualified staff in This is a copy of the 'post-print'; i.e., the final draft, post-refereeing.…”

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Poverty Reduction Strategies via Public-Private Partnerships

Jeeva

Wood

2013

E-Procurement Management for Successful Electronic Government Systems

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Government procurement practices influence large volumes of spending in communities and further procurement can be influenced through legislative efforts. Through these mechanisms government bodies carry significant influence on the way in which procurement spend occurs and they have the ability to influence the direction that the procurement may take. Carefully constructed parameters in public-private partnerships (PPP) can shift the focus of procurement activities towards engaging with the local businesses and communities. This represents an approach for government bodies to increase supplier diversity so that, in alignment with UN Millennium goals of poverty reduction, local suppliers can be provided with business opportunities and methods to reduce poverty. A two-focus approach is adopted; first, government drivers and policies are examined in the context of social engagement. Second, the roles and challenges faced by small firms in the local communities are highlighted. This demonstrates the way in which e-government procurement systems play a pivotal role in supporting local sourcing initiatives.

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Purchasing from Minority Small Businesses

Cited by 32 publications

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Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Exclude Me Not: The Untold Story of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Sweden

Poverty Reduction Strategies via Public-Private Partnerships

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