Korea’s Path to Shared Growth
Laying Stepping Stones for Korea’s Economic Growth
FKI Shared Growth Support Programs
The doors to success may be open to all, but stepping through them requires a firm footing. Supporting the practical growth of SMEs and small businesses, strengthening competitiveness through cooperation between large companies and their partners, and reinforcing social responsibility within ESG frameworks are central to FKI’s mission. Through these efforts, FKI is building stepping stones that enable all stakeholders to advance together, supporting Korea’s next phase of economic growth.
By Na-yeon Kim
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Management Advisory and Consulting
FKI focuses on listening closely to corporate challenges and helps resolve them at the source. FKI’s management advisory team visits worksites directly to address practical difficulties and support companies in achieving sustainable growth.
The Traveling Hope Bus
In partnership with the Center for Large & Small Business Cooperation, FKI visits local governments to provide on-site consultations for small businesses and SMEs. Joint initiatives with KB Financial Group, including programs addressing low birth rates and caregiving support across eight local governments such as Seoul, are recognized as exemplary models of public-private cooperation.
Management Doctor Program
Launched in 2007, this program provides tailored consulting through sustained on-site engagement by management experts over a six-month period, helping partner companies build independent and enduring competitiveness.
Shared Growth Academy for Large and Small Enterprises
The Academy strengthens the practical capabilities of working-level staff by focusing on core management areas such as production, finance, and human resources and labor. Structured education programs support the internal growth and operational competitiveness of partner companies.
Shared Growth Programs
When large companies, their partners, startups and the broader industrial ecosystem supports each others’ growth, we may achieve true competitiveness. FKI translates shared growth into concrete programs that form tight-knit rungs on the corporate growth ladder.
2025 Open Innovation Forum
The forum brings together large and middle-market enterprises and early-stage startups to share cooperation models and build concrete partnerships. With participation from startup support centers nationwide, the forum contributes to expanding Korea’s innovation ecosystem.
Growing Together Job Fair
By linking job seekers and companies through a shared-growth recruitment platform, the fair contributes to youth employment and helps alleviate labor shortages among SMEs.
Premium Store Project
Marking the 80th anniversary of Liberation, this public-private initiative with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and KB Financial Group improves business spaces and provides management support for small businesses operated by descendants of independence activists. The project enhances both local economies and social value.
Strengthening ESG Capabilities
Sustainability is a core condition for companies seeking to advance to the next stage of growth. FKI analyzes domestic and global policy and market trends and promotes information exchange among companies, laying the groundwork for practical implementation of ESG management.
K-ESG Alliance Meetings
The K-ESG Alliance operates as a voluntary private-sector consultative body involving major Korean companies. Government officials, including the Chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission, are invited to share ESG policy updates and discuss management responses aligned with international standards.
ESG Management Support and Institutional Improvement
FKI supports corporate ESG management by analyzing global ESG models, conducting surveys on consumer ESG behavior, and publishing a monthly ESG Bulletin that covers domestic and international ESG issues and corporate practices.
FKI advances institutional improvements to support practical ESG implementation—a policy proposal on carbon neutrality and sustainability with on-the-ground feedback from firms has been delivered to the National Assembly and relevant ministries.
