The Enterprise and Diversity Alliance: Promoting Knowledge Exchange in the New Era of Business Support

企业与多元化联盟：促进商业支持新时代的知识交流

• 批准号: ES/J020699/1
• 负责人: Monder Ram
• 金额: $ 6.34万
• 依托单位: De Montfort University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ020699%2F1
• 关键词: Enterprise; Diversity; Alliance; Promoting; Knowledge

This project aims to establish the Enterprise and Diversity Alliance (EDA) as the United Kingdom's leading knowledge exchange network for entrepreneurship and minority businesses (that is, small enterprises owned by ethnic minorities, women and young people). It brings together researchers, corporations, the finance sector and professional bodies in order to pursue one central ambition: to 'make diversity and enterprise everyone's business'.The EDA is the culmination of extensive research and practitioner activity. It has had a successful first year, marked by growing interest from corporations and the development of innovative support initiatives for minority business owners. A further year's support from the ESRC would enable the EDA become: the 'go-to' body for guidance on research and practice on minority enterprise; larger in scale; and fully self-financing. It is also is well-placed to fill the policy vacuum that has arisen in the business support world. The profound changes to business support policy mean that the there is a real danger that the learning accumulated from previous initiatives to support minority enterprise will be lost. The EDA will guard against this possibility, and will ensure that insights from research and practice are applied to new initiatives.Three strands of work will be undertaken to ensure that knowledge on minority enterprise is shared widely with relevant stakeholders. First, two innovative peer mentoring initiatives with minority entrepreneurs will be launched. They build on the successful 12/8 network, and will be supported by A. F. Blakemore & Son Ltd and National Grid. Minority business owners will receive direct and high level support for their growth ambitions. Minority entrepreneurs across the UK will also be the target for a regular electronic newsletter on key developments and sources of business support. Second, the project will integrate knowledge on diversity and enterprise in the practices of large organisations. This activity will focus on the EDA's new members, A. F. Blakemore & Son Ltd., National Grid and Leicester City Council. The proposers will ensure that key initiatives (for example, the leadership development programmes of A. F. Blakemore & Son Ltd., National Grid, and procurement practices at Leicester City Council) apply the knowledge gained from EDA research and practice on diversity and enterprise.Finally, knowledge and insights from the implementation of the EDA project will be shared with the wider peer, professional and policy networks of partner organisations. In effect, EDA members will be ambassadors for diversity and enterprise amongst their peers. This provides an opportunity for the EDA to influence major national initiatives. For example, our finance sector partners will work with the British Bankers' Association to ensure that diversity issues are integrated in key areas, notably data-gathering and the implementation of the national mentoring proposition. Business in the Community will introduce its corporate members to the benefits of supporting peer mentoring networks with minority business owners. Good practice in relation to diversity and procurement will be promoted by CIPS and Leicester City Council.The 16th Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference, scheduled for October 2012, will be dedicated to highlighting the impact of the EDA.

该项目旨在建立企业和多样性联盟，作为联合王国促进创业和少数民族企业（即少数民族、妇女和青年人拥有的小企业）的主要知识交流网络。它汇集了研究人员，企业，金融部门和专业机构，以追求一个中心的野心：“使多样性和企业每个人的业务”。EDA是广泛的研究和实践活动的高潮。该项目第一年取得了成功，公司的兴趣日益浓厚，并为少数族裔企业主制定了创新的支助举措。经济、社会和文化权利委员会再提供一年的支助，将使欧洲发展局成为：指导少数民族企业研究和实践的“首选”机构;规模更大;完全自筹资金。它也很适合填补商业支助领域出现的政策真空。企业扶持政策的深刻变化意味着，以往扶持少数民族企业的经验教训有可能流失，这是真实的危险。企业发展局将防范这种可能性，并将确保将研究和实践中的见解应用于新的举措，将开展三方面的工作，以确保与相关利益攸关方广泛分享有关少数群体企业的知识。首先，将发起两项与少数民族企业家进行同侪指导的创新举措。他们建立在成功的12/8网络上，并将得到A. F. Blakemore & Son Ltd和国家电网。少数族裔企业主将获得直接和高级别的支持，以实现他们的增长目标。联合王国各地的少数民族企业家也将成为定期电子通讯的对象，该通讯介绍主要发展情况和商业支助来源。第二，该项目将在大型组织的实践中整合多样性和企业的知识。这次活动将集中在EDA的新成员，A。F.布雷克莫尔父子有限公司，国家电网和莱斯特市理事会。建议者将确保关键倡议（例如，A. F.布雷克莫尔父子有限公司，国家电网和莱斯特市理事会的采购实践）应用从EDA研究和实践中获得的关于多样性和企业的知识。最后，EDA项目实施的知识和见解将与更广泛的同行、专业和合作伙伴组织的政策网络共享。实际上，EDA成员将成为同行中多样性和企业的大使。这为厄立特里亚发展局提供了一个影响国家重大举措的机会。例如，我们的金融部门合作伙伴将与英国银行家协会合作，确保将多样性问题纳入关键领域，特别是数据收集和实施国家指导建议。社区中的企业将向其企业成员介绍支持与少数民族企业主建立同行指导网络的好处。CIPS和莱斯特市理事会将推广与多样性和采购有关的良好做法。定于2012年10月举行的第16届少数族裔商业年会将致力于突出EDA的影响。