Dear Bob and Sue by Karen Smith

Dear Bob and Sue by Karen Smith

This book provides an in-depth view of supplier diversity programs and how they have contributed to the meteoric rise of minority businesses. Incorporating expert advice from supplier diversity practitioners as well as empirical data, it looks at the emergence of supplier diversity programs, how to make them effective, and their future.

Supplier diversity ensures an open and inclusive competition for contracts during the procurement process, and the use of vendors of different backgrounds fosters a better understanding of a diverse customer base. Over the last decade the number of minority-owned firms in the US has increased 38 per cent. As the number of minority entrepreneurs continues to rise, these business owners have recognized the need for B2B opportunities, and supplier diversity programs that create the fastest path to scale and grow a small business.

Porter highlights the history and impact of these programs as sources of business education as well as pipeline development for minority and women entrepreneurs. Finally, readers interested in levelling the playing field in business have a go-to source.

Karen Smith graduated from Wayne State University in 1997 with a B.A in Psychology and 2001 with a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Services to Children and Teens. She worked as a teen librarian for a number of years before becoming the Head of Children's Services at the Livonia Public Library in Livonia, Michigan. Over the years, she has hosted successful programs, created two tween collections, and advocated for tweens and teens in library spaces. Karen reads a variety of tween literature and reviews for Library Media Connection regularly. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband, Brian.

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ISBN 13	9780985358167
ISBN 10	0985358165
Title	Dear Bob and Sue
Author	Karen Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Matt Smith
Year published	2018-06-30
Number of pages	372
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