Title: Are we ready for technopreneurship?

Authors: Fidya Shabrina; Anang Dwi Santoso; Elisabeth Winda Alfanisa

Addresses: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Room BC202, Jalan Sosio Yustisia 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia ' Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Room BC202, Jalan Sosio Yustisia 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia ' Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Room BC202, Jalan Sosio Yustisia 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

Abstract: Technopreneurs have become a major driver of innovation, competitiveness, and growth for many developing nations. Technopreneurs help to drive the growth of employment rate and encourage a higher quality of community life. In general, cities in Indonesia are still at the initial stage of formulating the correct recipe for its growth and survival in the digital era. However, Indonesia does not have an ICT-based technopreneur education model that is integrated into high school curriculum. The lack of facilitation hampers the youth in developing their technopreneurial capacity. Thus, to address this problem, this study aims to answer how the local and school ecosystem is prepared to support technopreneurship.

Keywords: technopreneurship; start-up; education; school; technology; urban infrastructure; human resource; urban governance; smart city; competitiveness.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMARTTL.2019.097969

International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, 2019 Vol.1 No.2, pp.188 - 202

Received: 10 Aug 2017
Accepted: 05 Aug 2018
Published online: 25 Feb 2019 *

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