Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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A Study on Difficulty Factors of Youth Startups for Activating Local Startups

지역창업 활성화를 위한 청년창업 애로 요인에 관한 연구

  • Ahn, Tae-Uk (Gunsan City Youth Center & Start-up Center) ;
  • Kang, Tae-Won (Dept. of Supply Chain and Logistics, Kunsan National University)
  • 안태욱 (군산시 청년센터.창업센터) ;
  • 강태원 (군산대학교 국제물류학과)
  • Received : 2020.03.10
  • Accepted : 2020.04.23
  • Published : 2020.04.30
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Abstract

This study has been conducted at a time when Korean government continues to extend support for youth startups as part of its policy to create jobs and the focus moves from career and employment to youth startups with a growing interest in the field of youth startups. Against this background, this study aims to identify difficulty factors of youth startups in areas besides the Seoul Metropolitan Area, seek ways to overcome difficulty factors, and propose policy implications. To this end, this study set five criteria and 25 sub-criteria to evaluate the difficulties of youth startups by reviewing previous studies and conducting literature review, and performing brainstorming method. The empirical analysis of the evaluation criteria was performed, using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, on youths aged 19 to 39 in Gunsan area. The analysis results showed that the largest difficulty factors facing local youths include business model establishment, business administration and management, and startup funding in the criteria. As for sub-criteria, the largest difficulty factors are market information acquisition, technology commercialization, project feasibility, technology development, and new market pioneering in descending order. Local youths have much difficulty about the process of turning a business item into a product and commercializing it. According to a comparative analysis by gender, men were a relatively high difficulty in commercializing business models than women. men were a relatively high difficulty in commercializing business models than women. On the other hand, women were higher than men in all factors (management management, entrepreneurship, improvement of entrepreneurship system, and improvement of entrepreneurship awareness) except for factors affecting business model. In addition, the factors of entrepreneurship were found to be relatively different among young people (college students, prospective entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs). In conclusion, it was suggested that in order to revitalize youth entrepreneurship in the region, it is necessary to actively resolve the difficulties of business model commercialization rather than entrepreneurship funds. In addition, it is necessary to strategically support customized entrepreneurship support and situational administrative services because gender and hierarchical difficulties are different than general solutions. This study presented practical priorities and derivation methods for the entrepreneurship difficulties faced by local youth, and suggested measures and improvements for vitalizing local youth entrepreneurship in the future.

중앙정부는 일자리 창출을 위한 중요한 대안으로 청년 창업지원 정책을 확대하고 있다. 이에 지방정부에서도 청년창업 활성화를 위한 많은 노력에도 불구하고 창업에 다양한 애로요인이 존재한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 지역 청년 창업가들이 현장에서 느끼는 실질적인 애로요인이 무엇인지를 파악하였다. 그리고 지역 청년창업의 애로 요인을 극복하기 위한 대안과 청년창업 활성화를 위한 정책적 시사점을 도출하는데 목적이 있다. 따라서 선행연구 참고, 문헌 조사, 브레인스토밍을 통해 청년창업의 애로사항에 대한 평가요인 5개 항목을 도출하고, 세부 애로요인으로 25개 항목을 도출하였다. 주요 애로 평가요인을 AHP 기법을 활용해 군산지역 청년(19~39세), 남녀, 계층별(대학생, 예비창업자, 기창업자)로 실증분석을 진행하였다. 분석결과 지역 청년들이 느끼는 창업 애로요인은 비즈니스 모델, 경영관리, 창업자금, 창업제도개선, 창업 인식개선 순으로 나타났다. 무엇보다 지역의 청년들은 창업자금보다 자신의 아이디어를 비즈니스 모델 사업화 과정에서 많은 어려움을 느끼고 있었다. 세부요인으로 시장정보획득, 기술사업화, 사업 타당성, 기술개발, 판로개척 순으로 25개 창업 애로 요인이 도출되었다. 성별 비교에서 남성은 여성보다 비즈니스 모델 사업화에서 상대적으로 높은 애로요인이었다. 반면 여성은 비즈니스 모델 애로 요인을 제외한 모든(경영관리, 창업자금, 창업 제도개선, 창업인식개선) 요인에서 남성보다 높게 나타났다. 또한, 청년 계층(대학생, 예비창업자, 기창업자)별로 창업 애로요인이 상대적으로 다르게 나타났다. 결론적으로 지역에서 청년창업 활성화를 위해서 창업자금보다 비즈니스 모델 사업화 애로요인을 적극적으로 해결할 필요가 있다는 시사점을 도출하였다. 또한 일반적인 해결책 제시가 아닌 성별, 계층별 애로요인이 다르기 때문에 맞춤형 창업지원 및 상황별 행정서비스를 전략적으로 지원해야 한다. 본 연구는 지역 청년들이 직면한 창업 애로 요인의 실질적인 우선순위와 도출방법을 제시하였고, 향후 지역 청년창업 활성화를 위한 방안과 개선점을 제시하였다.

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