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Stats and studies
The following list comprises links to information, studies and statistics about topics of interest for young and potential entrepreneurs. Some of the information listed here is currently only available in German. Please note that the list is not exhaustive; you may also find useful information in the reading material section of this website
Industry-specific sources
- Industrial associations
- Professional associations / Members of the Swiss trade association
- Professional associations / Labour organisations
- Zurich Financial Centre
- Gastrosuisse
- Creative Zurich
- Arts and Cultural Industries Switzerland
- Swiss biotech and biotech and medtech reports
- Association creative industries of Switzerland
Various sources
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- Universities of applied sciences
- Universities
- Swiss National Bank SNB
- State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
- Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich - data according to municipalities
- Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich - data according to topics
- Division of Business and Economic Development of the Canton of Zurich
- Topics on the website of the Swiss Business Federation
Sources ilsted by topics
Research
- EURESEARCH – access to EU reserach
- European Network for Social and Economic Research (with focus on SME)
- Swiss National Science Fund
Start-up activities and entrepreneurship
- Creditreform
- Data on the website of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- The new self-employed 2009 – research report of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
- Demography of newly founded companies in the City of Zurich, Statistics Zurich
- Company foundations in the Canton of Zurich and various surveys of the cantonal statistical office
- Swiss Institute for SME at the Universtiy of St. Gallen, including global entrepreneurship monitor
- Study – Research – Start a Company (2004)
- Enable our Future! Strengthening the start-up culture in Switzerland (2002)
Information and communication technology
- ICT-Switzerland / Umbrella organisation of the associations in the information and telecommunications sector
- ICT associations
- Research of Dr. Pascal Sieber & Partners AG
- Research conducted by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
- WinLink - Association for ICT in the region Winterthur / Lake Constance
- do-it information from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Internationalisation
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Foreign Trade
- European statistics - Eurostat
- Europabrevier
- Country-specific information, inter alia, on the website of Global Switzerland Enterprise and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Statistical agencies worldwide
- The World Fact Book
SME / Companies
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Companies
- European data
- European Network for Social and Economic Research (with fokcs on SME)
- SME portal of SECO
- Knowledge web on SMEs and entrepreneurship
- Observatory of European SME
- Swiss Institute for SME at the University of St. Gallen
Education and human resources
A tip in closing: macro- and microeconomic research data is also available from larger consulting companies, banks and insurances. Why not contact these entities to find out if they have useful data for your envisaged purpose.
