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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.1.75

Exploring the government policy for promoting university startups in Korea  

Heo, Sun-Young (BK21+, Department of Urban Engineering, Gyeongsang National University)
Jang, Hoo-Eun (Institute for University-Industry Collaboration Policy, Gyeongsang National University)
Lee, Jong-Ho (Department of Geography Education, Institute for University-Industry Collaboration Policy, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.1, 2017 , pp. 75-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
The prolonged economic slowdown has forced many youths to opt for starting a business instead of seeking employment. Universities have shown their interest in startup training by opening startup courses and encouraging relevant student communities, while at the same time helping their students land a job. Along with this, the government has been implementing various policies through creative economy and youth startup initiatives, but the resulting quantitative growth has not been supported by a commensurate level of qualitative growth and this has created problems on the supplier side, such as by producing redundant functions and roles in multiple projects and inefficient investment. This study, which aims at proposing a direction towards more active support and thus helping the government achieve qualitative accomplishments that can match its effort in terms of quantitative growth, analyzes the current status of startup support of universities in Korea by examining the data regarding training programs and projects, and highlights the issues stemming from startup organizations in colleges. It also suggests solutions for improving in-college startup training and establishing an interlinked system among the relevant bodies in and out of college, with the hope that the results and alternatives proposed in this study will be utilized as the basis for more active student startup support activities.
Keywords
startup education; startup organizations in colleges; startup support projects; startup by university students; university startup;
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