Within the framework of the University of Geneva, a new executive course about ”How to attract and retain foreign companies in Switzerland?” will start in October 2016.
This course targets:
- Private companies (law firms, accounting firms, tax specialists, etc.) interested inconverting occasional foreign-based clients into regular Swiss-based clients
- Multinational companies interested in justifying their presence in Switzerland.
In this course, we will go over all the reasons why a company should choose Switzerland.
- Reasons specific to key industrial sectors (or clusters) such as medtech, biotech, ICT, micro/nanotech, cleantech, banking & trading, international trading, data center, etc.
- Reasons specific to functions such as European headquarters, international sales, logistics, R&D, intellectual property, procurement, etc.
- General and other reasons such as labor law, social security, costs, stability, taxation, regulatory aspects incl. technical norms, the “Swiss made” designation, etc.
Besides, the main strengths & weaknesses of Switzerland’s key competitors as well as “how to mitigate Switzerland’s main weaknesses” will be highlighted.
Plus : http://ovsm.unige.ch/ateliers-formations/attract-foreign-companies.html.