by y.ryu | Nov 29, 2023 | Posts
As part of Northeastern’s recent Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Lab co-sponsored a webinar titled Entrepreneurial Diversity in the Construction Sector. A panel of industry experts — Margarita Polanco (Regional Supplier Diversity Manager, DPR Construction),...
by czangerl | Nov 20, 2023 | Posts
Over the past six months, the Northeastern Lab for Inclusive Entrepreneurship has conducted research to gain a better understanding of the state of supplier diversity in higher education from the perspective of procurement professionals. We wanted answers to these...
by y.ryu | Oct 31, 2023 | Posts
This year’s National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) New England Conference took place in Newport, RI, from October 22 – 25, 2023. The conference brought together not only higher education procurement professionals in the New England region through 17...
by czangerl | Oct 26, 2023 | Posts
Over the past six months, the Lab for Inclusive Entrepreneurship has focused on translating research findings into actions to promote supplier diversity. What we learned in our survey of diverse small businesses (click here for the report) is that they often don’t...
by czangerl | Sep 6, 2023 | Posts
How can generative AI help diverse small businesses learn about the procurement process in higher education? A team of CPS graduate students is trying to find out by designing what we’re calling a Diverse Supplier Chatbot. Why design a chatbot for this purpose?...
by y.ryu | Aug 2, 2023 | Posts
Supplier diversity has emerged as one of the important initiatives in both public- and private-sector procurement. It seeks to promote equitable procurement by diversifying and including suppliers owned by underserved people or located in distressed communities. As a...