Open Access«Academic unicorns» as a new category of economic science
Author(s) -
Iryna Tatomyr
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ekonomìčnij diskurs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7476
pISSN - 2410-0919
DOI - 10.36742/2410-0919-2019-2-1
Subject(s) - unicorn , privilege (computing) , sociology , mathematics education , public relations , political science , psychology , law , ecology , biology
Introduction. In recent years, the number of people who use professional assets to generate sustainable incomes, which leads to the formation of a new stratum of academic circles has been an increase in the academic environment. This led to the need to introduce a new economic category into scientific circulation, which would have shown the privilege of the status of participants in the educational process in the academic hierarchy.Methods. The materials of the research served the work of domestic and foreign specialists. General scientific methods of research are used in the process of preparation of the article: analysis, synthesis, concretization, scientific abstraction, logical and graphic structuring and generalization. The statistical basis for the study was data of Crunchbase Pro, Business Insider, JRC Technical Report, Vêctor.media.Results. It is proposed to introduce into the scientific circle a new economic category «academic unicorns», which would certify the privilege of the status of participants in the educational process in the academic hierarchy for the amount of income from educational activities and substantiates its methodological significance for economic science. The proposal was made to divide «academic unicorns» into «unicorns educational companies», «unicorn teachers», «unicorn students», «unicorns of adolescents» and their main features are outlined. Examples of academic community members who have this status are given. The common features, which unite all the representatives of the academic community for belonging to the status of unicorn, are substantiated.Discussion. The selection of "academic unicorns" on the fact of possessing the necessary qualities will make it possible to distinguish those among the members of the academic community who have achieved the highest level of financial evaluation of their professional assets. Prospects for further research should be directed formation of the list of potential leaders who will become a benchmark of productive work for the rest of the academic community.Keywords: academic unicorns, startup companies, educational online providers.