SWITZERLAND

Switzerland has the highest overall level of innovation performance and its rate of improvement is also above that of the EU27. Relative strengths, compared to the country’s average performance, are in Throughputs and Innovators and relative weaknesses are in Linkages & entrepreneurship and Economic effects.

Over the past 5 years, Finance and support and Throughputs have been the main drivers of the improvement in innovation performance, in particular as a result from strong growth in Venture capital (37.8%) and Community trademarks (9.4%). Performance in Firm investments and Innovators has not improved.