Analysis of the Perception of Social Enterprises Held by high School Students in Korea

Abstract

Currently, an active discussion on social, political, and academic aspects of social enterprises is taking place. Yet, the level of knowledge and interest of social enterprises from teenagers is still low. This should be fixed in order to foster the development of social enterprises which are now in a growing state. Thus, this paper is a preparatory and exploratory research that examines how much and how well high school students in Republic of Korea know and understand about social enterprises. The paper also compares the traits and characteristics of social enterprises in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Republic of Korea, and suggests solutions to the problems related to the Korean social enterprise market based on the awareness of students.