Indigenous procurement involves purchasing goods and services from Indigenous-owned businesses to promote their economic development and integration into the mainstream economy. Indigenous procurement remains largely unexplored in the academic literature. There is a need to understand the specificities of Indigenous procurement and its potential to contribute to the much-needed economic reconciliation with Indigenous communities. In this seminar, I present the results of an exploratory case study of indigenous procurement practices in the Canadian electric utilities sector. I discuss the various theoretical and methodological issues of research on this topic and present a research agenda for further investigation.
Conferencista: Claudia Rebolledo, Is a Full Professor at the Department of Logistics and Operations Management at HEC Montréal, Canada, where she holds the Supply Chain Canada Professorship. She is currently a visiting researcher at Abu Dhabi School of Management in UAE. Her research focuses mainly on purchasing and supply management, supplier development, and sustainable procurement. Prof Rebolledo’s research has been published in recognized journals in her field such as International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Business Research, Technovation, Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management and Production Planning and Control.
