企业
中小企业可谓瑞士经济的脊梁。不过,也有数量可观的跨国企业将总部设在瑞士。这些跨国企业,特别是大型制药集团,对GDP的贡献量远远大于跨国企业数量占全国企业总数的比例。

瑞士经济在很大程度上依赖于员工少于250人的中小企业。瑞士将近99%的企业都是中小企业,它们提供全国大约三分之二的就业岗位。许多这样的企业都是家族企业。
瑞士也是许多举足轻重的跨国企业的总部所在地。这些跨国企业在数量上虽然远逊于中小企业,但它们聘用了为数众多的员工,对GDP的贡献量更是非同小可。员工人数最多的企业就是食品行业巨头雀巢集团,它在全球共有270,000名员工。按市值计算,全球500强中的14家都是瑞士企业,它们分布于制药(诺华、罗氏)、金融(瑞银、苏黎世保险、瑞士再保险)、大宗商品交易(嘉能可)和食品(雀巢、米格罗、Coop)等产业。此外,豪瑞、德科和ABB也榜上有名。不言而喻,这些跨国公司中的许多管理人员都是外籍人士,他们带来了国际上的知识经验。
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