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Study on Entrepreneurial Intention of Chinese University Students

중국 대학생의 창업 의도에 관한 연구

  • Ki-Hwan Kwon (Department of Global Business, Sangmyung University)
  • 권기환 (상명대학교 글로벌경영학과)
  • Received : 2020.01.11
  • Accepted : 2020.02.26
  • Published : 2020.02.28
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Abstract

Due to their participation in commercial activities between countries, many small and medium-sized trading companies are more of a born-global venture. The entrepreneurial intention is one of the key drivers impacting the formation of this born-global venture. In recent the importance of venture founding has been emphasized on a global scale. How to revitalize venture founding is becoming a nation-wide challenge in emerging economies as well as advanced countries. In particular, under the banner of 'Many people founding venture, Many people creating innovation', a new-coined word 'Choangker', an innovative founder of a venture, appeared in China. Existing studies have focused on entrepreneurial intention as a key driver that could affect whether a latent entrepreneur would actually found a venture or not. In this paper, we wanted to investigate what factors influence the entrepreneurial intention of the Chinese university students. Results of statistical analysis show that self-efficacy, personal experiences, supporting activities for venture founding, and social networks have positive effects on entrepreneurial intention of the Chinese university students. These results are similar to the claims of previous studies on the factors that influence the entrepreneurial intention of university students. In the future, researches on the entrepreneurial intention of the Chinese university students should be carried out to reflect the institutional characteristics at the national level.

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이 논문은 2019년 상명대학교 교내 연구비 지원을 받아 수행된 연구입니다. 자료 수집 및 관리 등을 위하여 수고해 준 조금옥 석사과정에게 감사 드립니다. 특히, 논문의 질적 개선을 위해 조언해주신 익명의 심사자분들께 감사 드립니다.

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