Hacking Supplier Diversity

Author : Scott Vowels
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692858938

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Hacking Supplier Diversity by Scott Vowels Pdf

For over fifty years, proponents of supplier diversity have discussed the positive effect on revenue that comes from using underrepresented suppliers. The problem lies in proving such assertions. For far too long, contracting with businesses owned by women, minorities, and those identifying as LGBTQ has been viewed as a "feel-good" act of corporate citizenship-one that rarely survives the next economic downturn. Hacking Supplier Diversity represents the first time the myriad benefits of a diverse supply chain have been thoroughly detailed and documented. Diversity and Inclusion expert Scott A. Vowels, PhD, redefines supplier diversity, focusing on three core issues: The economic impact of diverse suppliers The ways in which a robust supplier diversity program is a revenue enabler The formula for calculating the return on investment of a supplier diversity program A comprehensive and informative read, Hacking Supplier Diversity does for supplier diversity what Jim Collins' Good to Great and Built to Last did for how companies do business. Utilizing a keen sense of humor and expert storytelling, Vowels makes a definitive argument for supplier diversity as a business imperative.

Author : Christina Dunbar-Hester
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780691182070

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Hacking Diversity by Christina Dunbar-Hester Pdf

"We regularly read and hear exhortations for women to take up positions in STEM. The call comes from both government and private corporate circles, and it also emanates from enthusiasts for free and open source software (FOSS), i.e. software that anyone is free to use, copy, study, and change in any way. Ironically, rate of participation in FOSS-related work is far lower than in other areas of computing. A 2002 European Union study showed that fewer than 2 percent of software developers in the FOSS world were women. How is it that an intellectual community of activists so open in principle to one and all -a community that prides itself for its enlightened politics and its commitment to social change - should have such a low rate of participation by women? This book is an ethnographic investigation of efforts to improve the diversity in software and hackerspace communities, with particular attention paid to gender diversity advocacy"--

Author : Sarah R. Davies
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509501205

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Hackerspaces by Sarah R. Davies Pdf

A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. But why is the power of hacking and making an idea whose time has come? Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement takes the rise of the maker movement as its starting point. Hacker and makerspaces, fab labs, and DIY bio spaces are emerging all over the world. Based on a study of hacker and makerspaces across the US, the book explores cultures of hacking and making in the context of wider social changes, arguing that excitement about the maker movement is not just about the availability of new technologies, but the kinds of citizens we are expected to be.

Author : Urs E. Gattiker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135687212

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The Internet As A Diverse Community by Urs E. Gattiker Pdf

In this volume, author Urs Gattiker offers a broad overview of Internet and technology-related theory. He examines Internet and multimedia issues from an international perspective, outlining issues of international sovereignty and the potential impact of national interests on global technology policy. He also surveys the issues of regulation and institutionalization of the Internet, examines ways for reducing the inequality of benefits from such technology, and explores the opportunities and challenges the Internet offers for consumers, firms, governments, and interest groups. In assembling this treatise, Gattiker synthesizes a vast body of literature from communication, economics, philosophy, political science, management, psychology, science policy, telecommunication engineering, and other areas. The Internet as a Diverse Community provides readers with a framework for analyzing and selecting between many different Internet choices. It explores issues from a social-impact perspective, using examples from a variety of contexts and firms around the world. The work also offers a wealth of new social theory on such topics as moral and ethical issues and the opportunities, choices, and challenges the Internet offers for consumers, investors, managers, and public policy decision makers. It examines the current and future challenges that computer-mediated technologies present, and sets forth new theoretical perspectives on such areas as multimedia and the profit-maximizing firm; the Internet and the private user; managing multimedia productively; and the social and moral costs of various Internet options and choices. Taken as a whole, this resource provides valuable insights on the Internet and is essential reading for business, telecommunication, public policy, and technology decision makers around the globe.

Author : Emmanuel Mogaji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000384741

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Introduction to Advertising by Emmanuel Mogaji Pdf

This book is an introductory roadmap to the advertising process. Advertising is explored as a creative communication message from a brand, created by advertising agencies and distributed across different media to target the right consumers. The book provides an understanding of the benefits of advertising, its role in the economy and, even more so, acknowledges that advertisements are not only about selling but also about effectively communicating a message. The creative and conceptual approach towards the communication process is discussed, and insight is presented into the dynamics within the industry and the different stakeholders involved, while recognising how different creative elements in advertisements are consciously selected to make them appealing. Finally, it considers how to analyse and measure an advert’s effectiveness and looks ahead to future ideas and technologies arising in advertising. Effectively combining theory with practical insight, each chapter begins with learning objectives and ends with key learnings. International case studies feature throughout, including insights from British Gas, WPP, Audi and KFC, as well as other examples from smaller organisations and the non-profit sector. Taking students step by step through the advertising process, it is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Advertising, Brand Management, Marketing Communications and Media Planning.

Author : Scott A. Vowels, Ph.d.
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1499328427

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Don't Be Afraid to Call the Baby Ugly by Scott A. Vowels, Ph.d. Pdf

It is a very real and unfortunate circumstance in today's economy that corporate and government buying entities all too rarely solicit goods and services from businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans, and those in the LGBT community. The field of supplier diversity, however, provides programs to encourage a paradigm shift in this situation, and Scott A. Vowels, PhD, had the privilege of cofounding and moderating The BIGGER Discussion—an event in which small business advocates and economic leaders from across the country assembled to candidly debate the proverbial elephants in the room regarding the supplier diversity field. Don't Be Afraid to Call the Baby Ugly is Vowels' answer to the hundreds of questions he receives from interested people wanting to learn more in order to make a positive difference. Experience the event's creation and debate through his eyes, while also gaining critical personal commentary on the topics discussed. As of this book's writing, over thirty-two thousand people have viewed the first event's discussion on YouTube, making it the most-viewed program on supplier diversity in the industry's history. Read this entertaining and informative book and join the effort to change and support our wonderfully diverse economy.

Author : Andrew J. Hacking
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987-07-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521346819

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Economic Aspects of Biotechnology by Andrew J. Hacking Pdf

Both macro- and microeconomic aspects of biotechnology are discussed in this book for biologists studying microbiology, biochemistry and genetics. It explains economics and accounting procedures from first principles and assumes no prior knowledge of these areas. The author works on developing new biotechnological projects. He draws extensively on his own experience and brings together the factors which determine commercial reasoning towards biotechnology in areas such as markets, project selection, costing and capital investment. His subjects include market analysis, fermentation, enzyme technology, genetic engineering and many others; they are all tied together by a common framework of industrial and technological development.

Author : Gary Genosko
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554588985

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When Technocultures Collide by Gary Genosko Pdf

When Technocultures Collide provides rich and diverse studies of collision courses between technologically inspired subcultures and the corporate and governmental entities they seek to undermine. The adventures and exploits of computer hackers, phone phreaks, urban explorers, calculator and computer collectors, “CrackBerry” users, whistle-blowers, Yippies, zinsters, roulette cheats, chess geeks, and a range of losers and tinkerers feature prominently in this volume. Gary Genosko analyzes these practices for their remarkable diversity and their innovation and leaps of imagination. He assesses the results of a number of operations, including the Canadian stories of Mafiaboy, Jeff Chapman of Infiltration, and BlackBerry users. The author provides critical accounts of highly specialized attributes, such as the prospects of deterritorialized computer mice and big toe computing, the role of electrical grid hacks in urban technopolitics, and whether info-addiction and depression contribute to tactical resistance. Beyond resistance, however, the goal of this work is to find examples of technocultural autonomy in the minor and marginal cultural productions of small cultures, ethico-poetic diversions, and sustainable withdrawals with genuine therapeutic potential to surpass accumulation, debt, and competition. The dangers and joys of these struggles for autonomy are underlined in studies of RIM’s BlackBerry and Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks website.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1384 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : OSU:32437122865294

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Edward Humphreys
Publisher : Artech House
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781608079315

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Implementing the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 ISMS Standard by Edward Humphreys Pdf

Authored by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this expanded, timely second edition addresses all the critical information security management issues needed to help businesses protect their valuable assets. Professionals learn how to manage business risks, governance and compliance. This updated resource provides a clear guide to ISO/IEC 27000 security standards and their implementation, focusing on the recent ISO/IEC 27001. Moreover, readers are presented with practical and logical information on standard accreditation and certification. From information security management system (ISMS) business context, operations, and risk, to leadership and support, this invaluable book is your one-stop resource on the ISO/IEC 27000 series of standards.

Author : Martti Lehto,Pekka Neittaanmäki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030912932

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Cyber Security by Martti Lehto,Pekka Neittaanmäki Pdf

This book focus on critical infrastructure protection. The chapters present detailed analysis of the issues and challenges in cyberspace and provide novel solutions in various aspects. The first part of the book focus on digital society, addressing critical infrastructure and different forms of the digitalization, strategic focus on cyber security, legal aspects on cyber security, citizen in digital society, and cyber security training. The second part focus on the critical infrastructure protection in different areas of the critical infrastructure. The chapters cover the cybersecurity situation awareness, aviation and air traffic control, cyber security in smart societies and cities, cyber security in smart buildings, maritime cyber security, cyber security in energy systems, and cyber security in healthcare. The third part presents the impact of new technologies upon cyber capability building as well as new challenges brought about by new technologies. These new technologies are among others are quantum technology, firmware and wireless technologies, malware analysis, virtualization.

Author : Juliet Hacking,Joanne Lukitsh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781350048553

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Photography and the Arts by Juliet Hacking,Joanne Lukitsh Pdf

Photography, both in the form of contemporary practice and that of historical material, now occupies a significant place in the citadels of Western art culture. It has an institutional network of its own, embedded within the broader art world, with its own specialists including academics, critics, curators, collectors, dealers and conservators. All of this cultural activity consolidates an artistic practice and critical discourse of photography that distinguishes what is increasingly termed 'art photography' from its commercial, scientific and amateur guises. But this long-awaited recognition of photography as high art brings new challenges. How will photography's newly privileged place in the art world affect how the history of creative photography is written? Modernist claims for the medium as having an aesthetic often turned on precedents from painting. Postmodernism challenged a cultural hierarchy organized around painting. Nineteenth-century photographs move between the symbolic spaces of the gallery wall and the archive: de-contextualised for art and re-contextualised for history. But what of the contemporary writings, images, and practices that negotiated an aesthetic status for 'the photographic'? Photography and the Arts revisits practices both celebrated and elided by the modernist and postmodernist grand narratives of art and photographic history in order to open up new critical spaces. Written by leading scholars in the fields of photography, art and literature, the essays examine the metaphorical as well as the material exchanges between photography and the fine, graphic, reproductive and sculptural arts.

Author : Tim Maurer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107127609

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Cyber Mercenaries by Tim Maurer Pdf

Cyber Mercenaries explores how and why states use hackers as proxies to project power through cyberspace.

Author : Peter Stanwick,Sarah Stanwick
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452256559

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Understanding Business Ethics by Peter Stanwick,Sarah Stanwick Pdf

Packed with real-world examples and cases, this fully updated edition of Understanding Business Ethics prepares students for the ethical dilemmas they may face in their chosen careers by providing broad, comprehensive coverage of business ethics from a global perspective. The book's 26 cases profile a variety of industries, countries, and ethical issues, including online privacy, music piracy, Ponzi schemes, fraud, product recall, insider trading, and dangerous working conditions, such as four cases that emphasize the positive aspects of business ethics. In addition to unique chapters on information technology, the developing world, and the environment, the authors present AACSB recommended topics such as the responsibility of business in society, ethical decision making, ethical leadership, and corporate governance. Taking a managerial approach, the second edition of this best seller is designed to provide a clear understanding of the contemporary issues surrounding business ethics through the exploration of engaging and provocative case studies that are relevant and meaningful to students' lives. With an emphasis on applied, hands-on analysis of the cases presented, this textbook will instill in your students the belief that business ethics really do matter

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2170 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Small business
ISBN : 0787670162

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Small Business Sourcebook by Anonim Pdf