Replicating Silicon Valley? Law and Human Capital in the Making of China's Tech Startups

• Published in: Asian journal of comparative law Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 334 - 362
• Main Author: LIN, Li-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Capital markets; Comparative law; Compensation; Employees; Entrepreneurial finance; Equity; Foreign exchange; High tech industries; Human capital; Innovations; Intellectual property; Investments; Investments, Foreign; Labor market; Noncompetition agreements; Product development; Startups; Stock options; Valuation; Velocity; Venture capital; CHINA; Beijing China; Silicon Valley-California; United States > US; China

The rise of China's tech companies in the global economy raises an urgent need to understand how China incubates its tech startups. China's tech startup ecosystem presents two puzzling legal arrangements for human capital in light of Silicon Valley's experience, the co-existence of en...