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Success Factors and Barriers to Innovation in Switzerland


http://www.softxs.ch/innovation

Forum Bavois
18 May 2002


By
Dr Xavier L. Comtesse,
Alan Hodgkinson and Dr. Eva Krug


Data collection by
Geneviève Morand and Prof. Louis Balme


Research sponsored by Thierry Lombard



Abstract

This paper presents the results of a brainstorming session that explored success factors and barriers to innovation in Switzerland. Using the Affinity Diagram methodology, the participants generated a weighted list of barriers to innovation. The resulting list as analyzed, which led to the following results: educational and cultural barriers dominate over political and regulatory ones; and innovators in Switzerland are poorly prepared and under-appreciated. The paper concludes by recommending that effort is better spent improving the public's and educational system's perception of innovation, rather than lobbying for political and regulatory change.

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