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To: SeekAndFind

How does switzerland get to be the number one innovator? Does anyone recall that last time that switzerland was credited for a big invention.

or do they major in the minors.


2 posted on 10/11/2025 5:47:09 PM PDT by ckilmer
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To: ckilmer

A number of companies are headquartered in Switzerland due to its company friendly laws, taxes and banking. So they also have most patents filed. That makes them and Sweden the most innovative. Kind of like Delaware in the USA having so many companies


12 posted on 10/12/2025 1:44:22 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: ckilmer

Home of the globalists, who set the world at war every so often, making money from all sides, but magically managing to remain “neutral” throughout.

That’s pretty inventive, is it not?


13 posted on 10/12/2025 2:03:28 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ckilmer

I suspect that Switzerland punching above its weight on patents is mostly due to pharma companies. There’s a lot of drug research there. They also innovate quite a bit in the area of food production, cf. Nestle.


14 posted on 10/12/2025 2:21:06 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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