Swiss Made: The Untold Story Behind Switzerland’s Success pdf

R. James Breiding is the founder and owner of the investment firm Nissan Capital in Zurich, and previously served as General Manager of Templeton Investment Management and as Director of Rothschild Corporate Finance. He obtained a chartered accountant certificate, and was one of the senior managers of the company “Pricewaterhouse-Coopers”, and he also obtained a master’s degree from the Kennedy School of Harvard University, and from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, He holds both Swiss and American citizenship. For many years, he wrote articles for The Economist on issues relating to Switzerland, and Dr. Gerard Schwarz co-authored a book called “Switzerland, an economic miracle”, which was published in Switzerland. He was elected a Fellow of the Center for Economic Development at Harvard University, in light of the research he had done for his book Swiss Made.

Swiss Made: The Untold Story Behind Switzerland’s Success pdf by R James Braiding

Why has Switzerland—a tiny, landlocked country with few natural advantages—become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? Can the Swiss continue to perform in a hyper-competitive global economy? Swiss Made offers answers to these and many other questions about the country as it describes the origins, structures, and characteristics of the most important Swiss companies.