START-UP FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW -A COMPARATIVE STUDY-
Startups, are the main driver of economic development today. These are, projects established to grow rapidly with an innovative activity linked to modern technologies. They are characterized by their small size and high risk which makes financial institutions reluctant to finance them. The Algerian legislator intervened to regulate the mode of obtaining the mark of a" Startup", without paying attention to its legal form and being satisfied with the general provisions governing commercial companies. However, this study showed that the simplified joint stock company, compared to the rest of the companies, is the most appropriate legal form for these projects, which it is proposed to regulate to avoid the deficiency defined by the provisions of the emerging projects
Keywords: Startups, Small Business, Innovative Activity, Legal Form, Company.