Digital governance platform for the innovative startup and science - technology enterprise ecosystem: Insights from Decree No. 268/2025/ND-CP and Korea’s experience
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https://doi.org/10.31276/CSQL.2026.4044Keywords:
digital governance, innovation ecosystem, innovative startups, platform-enabled governance, science and technology enterprises, technology commercialisationAbstract
Science, technology and innovation (STI) are recognised as drivers of growth and sustainable development, placing enterprises at the centre of the national innovation system. The 2025 Law on Science, Technology and Innovation and Decree No. 268/2025/ND-CP of the Government establish a new legal framework for innovation, innovative entrepreneurship and the development of science and technology enterprises, and require ecosystem data to be managed on a national digital platform. Implementation, however, still faces data fragmentation and a gap between policy and operations. Using a conceptual research approach based on policy analysis, systematic document analysis and international benchmarking, this paper proposes a six-layer digital platform: legal and enterprise identity; science and technology capability profile; evaluation, certification and compliance; technology transfer and commercialisation; innovation resource matching; and a policy, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and impact dashboard. The Korean experience (Tech Incubator Program for Startup - TIPS, Korea Technology Finance Corporation - KOTEC) is used as a selective reference; existing empirical studies indicate that public financial support positively affects firm growth but must be carefully designed to avoid weakening innovation incentives. The study contributes a policy-technology framework for translating policy into processes, data and connections, and proposes recognising commune/ward-level science and technology officials as a primary user group of the platform.
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