Switzerland's outstanding economic success far surpasses its
size, and is based on strong achievements in multiple scientific
disciplines. As a base for international and EMEA headquarters,
R&D and manufacturing centers for hundreds multinational
firms, Switzerland is a world-class center for all companies
seeking an ideal location for developing and producing high-margin
manufactured goods and life science products.
Supporting these firms is an extremly well-trained multilingual
workforce and a long tradition in the precision manufacturing,
pharmaceutical, high-technology, nanotechnology, medical device,
and biotechnology sectors. Companies investing in Switzerland
enjoy access to and the resources of institutions such as the
Federal Institutes
of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne,
the Swiss Center
for Electro- and Microtechnology (CSEM), and the Institute
of Management Development (IMD) along with regional
and cantonal universities and research hospitals.
As a gauge of Swizerland's ranking in key indices among the
world's most competitive economies, it places 8th in the 2005
World Competitiveness Yearbook published by the Institute for
Management Development. It ranks 8th in the Global Competitiveness
Report and 9th in the Global IT report, both published by the
World Economic Forum, and 4th in the 2005 "E-Readiness"
index developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the IBM
Institute for Business Value.
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