IMPLEMENTING SUPPLIER DIVERSITY INTHE UK:SDEM AS MINDFUL POLICY TRANSFER

This paper draws on the policy transfer literature to examine a UK-based initiative topromote supplier diversity and provides insights to three areas neglected in currentresearch. Namely: the dynamics of non-governmental policy transfer; the factors thatmediate policy transfer in different jurisdictions; and the integration of research andpractice in small business related policy transfer. To this end, an innovative actionresearch approach is deployed with the dual purpose of effecting practical change andadvancing knowledge.[...]