Entrepreneurship in Korea offers a fresh perspective on entrepreneurship in Korea by combining a historical review of the achievements of Korean entrepreneurs at each stage of economic development with an analysis of the activities of current entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of the new Korean age. It discusses the crucial role of business entrepreneurship in each stage of Korea’s transformation from an underdeveloped East Asian backwater to a global manufacturing and technology powerhouse throughout the last 100 years. Furthermore, it provides an up-to-date analysis of contemporary start-up entrepreneurship in Korea and discusses its unique characteristics, strengths and weaknesses.
Authors identify specific features of entrepreneurship in Korea, why and how business entrepreneurs have been so successful and effective, how their entrepreneurial styles and activities have changed over time, which challenges Korean start-up entrepreneurs are currently facing, and how these challenges may be addressed.
Author(s): Martin Hemmert, Jae-Jin Kim
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 174
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Korean names and language references
List of abbreviations
PART I:
Introduction
1. Entrepreneurship: driving force of the Korean economic miracle
PART II:
Entrepreneurs across stages of Korea’s economic development
2. Early Korean entrepreneurs
3. Small-scale entrepreneurs turned large: chaebol founders
4. New Korean entrepreneurs: venture firm and start-up founders
5. Synthesis: features of Korean entrepreneurs from a global perspective
PART III:
Korean start-up entrepreneurship in the twenty-first century
6. The start-up ecosystem of Seoul
7. Resources, business strategies, and performance of Korean start-ups: a
survey data analysis
8. The entrepreneurial activities of technology start-ups in Seoul: a
longitudinal interview study
9. Synthesis: characteristics of start-up entrepreneurship in Korea
PART IV:
Conclusion and outlook
10. The essence and future of Korean entrepreneurship
Bibliography
Index
