Switzerland Country Analysis: 2013-2018: An Evaluation of Political, Social, Economic and Business Risk,

Switzerland has a modern market economy. The nation’s GDP is anticipated to reach $672.4 billion by 2018, with modest growth over the next five years. The Swiss economy has been thriving and on a growth path since 2004. The strong growth of exports, high domestic consumption, and sound building investments due to low mortgag

e rates combined have led to the steady growth rate. Going forward, the economy is expected to gain momentum with the construction, mining, and manufacturing sectors expecting to ramp up their production by 2014.
 
Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has conducted a competitive analysis on the country and presents its findings in “Switzerland Country Analysis 2013-2018: An Evaluation of Political, Social, Economic, and Business Risk.” Surging domestic and global demand is anticipated to be a major driver of the nation’s economic growth during 2014-2018. Private consumption and investment will be driven by improvements in the labor market, increasing wages, and an accommodative monetary policy.
 
Lucintel’s report examines the various challenges faced by the economy. The real estate bubble is expected to pose a threat to the Switzerland’s financial sector. The risk is rising with increasing mortgage credit and real estate prices in the country, which are likely to have an adverse impact on the domestic-based banks and insurance companies. The country is struggling with deflationary pressures arising from the Euro debt crisis, which could have a significant impact on the overall economy.
 
Switzerland country analysis report highlights the major drivers of the industry. The automotive industry is developing environmentally friendly technology to protect the environment from air pollution by creating low carbon emitting engines. The Swiss biotechnology sector ranks among the top 10 biotech industries worldwide. It has become one of the global leaders in the development of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and red biotechnology.
 
The report provides an analysis of the economy of Switzerland. It includes an analysis of the macro economy of Switzerland, the nation’s political dynamic, as well as social and technological analyses. Switzerland country analysis report provides knowledge on leading industries and the

emerging trends in the country.
 
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operate your business successfully in this market. Switzerland country analysis report will save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and will significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find.

To make business, investment, and strategic decisions, you need timely, useful information. This market report fulfills this core need and is an indispensable reference guide for multinational materials suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, executives, distributors, and many more that operate in this market.
 
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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary    

2. Country Overview    

3. Switzerland’s Economic Performance    
3.1: Sectoral contribution to GDP and GDP growth rate    
3.2: Consumption, saving, and investment trends    
3.3: Foreign direct investment (FDI) by industry    

4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Switzerland    
4.1: Structure and stability of government    
4.2: Government policy agenda    
4.2.1: Policy agenda    
4.2.2: Internal security risk    
4.3: Risk in international relations    
4.4: Social risk analysis    
4.4.1: Social development index risk analysis
4.4.2: Labor market    

5. Economic Risk of Switzerland    
5.1: Risk in financial sector    
5.1.1: Risk in fiscal balance    
5.1.2: Risk in current account balance    
5.1.3: Risk in balance of payment (BOP)
5.2: Risk in external sector
5.2.1: External debt and default risk    
5.2.2: International trade and its contribution to GDP    
5.2.3: Risk in foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate    
5.3: Risk in real sector    
5.4. Economic factors impact on business
    
6. Business Risk of Switzerland    
6.1: Business risk    
6.2: Doing business in Switzerland 2012    
6.3: Credit rating of countries    
6.4: R&D expenditure and technological risk    
6.5: Business risk factors and its impact    

7. Emerging Risk in Switzerland


List of Figures

Chapter 2. Country Snapshot / Overview
Figure 2.1: Geographical Location of Switzerland

Chapter 3. Switzerland’s Economic Performance
Figure 3.1: Trend of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.2: Forecast of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.3: GDP sectoral contribution
Figure 3.4: Share of different sectors to GDP
Figure 3.5: Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.6: Trend of savings and investments as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.7: Foreign direct investment by industry

Chapter 4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Switzerland
Figure 4.1: Trend of population and population growth rate
Figure 4.2: Population age structure
Figure 4.3: Trend of per capita income
Figure 4.4: Trend of corruption perception index of Switzerland
Figure 4.5: Trend of unemployment rate in Switzerland

Chapter 5. Economic Risk of Switzerland
Figure 5.1: Global financial stability scenario
Figure 5.2: Trend of government revenue and expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.3: Trend of fiscal deficit as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.4: Trend of current account balance and percentage of GDP
Figure 5.5: Terms of trade of Switzerland
Figure 5.6: Trend of balance of payment
Figure 5.7: Trend of gross government debt as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.8: Trend of gross government debt
Figure 5.9: Mixed prospects of debts in Switzerland
Figure 5.10: Trend of international trade structure
Figure 5.11: Trend of exports and imports as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.12: Trend of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
Figure 5.13: Annual trend of inflation and interest rate

Chapter 6. Business Risk of Switzerland
Figure 6.1: Trend of R&D expenditure in Switzerland

Chapter 7. Emerging Risk in Switzerland
Figure 7.1: Increasing dependency ratio in Switzerland


List of Tables

Chapter 2. Country Snapshot / Overview
Table 2.1: Demographic and political overview

Chapter 4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Switzerland
Table 4.1: Homicide rate of Switzerland
Table 4.2: GINI index of Switzerland
Table 4.3: Corruption perception index

Chapter 5. Economic Risk of Switzerland
Table 5.1: Economic factors impact on business

Chapter 6. Business Risk of Switzerland
Table 6.1: FDI limits by industry
Table 6.2: Indicators for starting business
Table 6.3: Ranking of procedures for starting up a business
Table 6.4: Credit rating of countries by Moody, Fitch, and S&P
Table 6.5: Business risk factors and its impact
 

Lucintel has been closely tracking and conducting research on and for the composites, since 1998. Lucintel has also forayed in economics and other verticals such as industry analysis and company profiles. This research project was designed for the purposes of determining the evaluation of political, social, economic, and business risk opportunities in Switzerland. In order to ensure fairness with our analysis, we compared several factors to align the current performance and, more importantly, the future prospects.
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This study is a culmination of seven months of full-time effort by Lucintel's analyst team. Our analysts used the following sources for the creation and completion of this valuable report:

•    Regression analysis of GDP of Switzerland ’s economy and major industries
•    In-depth secondary research from financial statements and annual reports of the Swiss national bank
•    Extensive search of current published literature, market, and database information including industry news, company press releases, and customer intentions
•    A compilation of the experiences, judgments, and insights of Lucintel's professional network, who have analyzed and tracked the composites marketplace for a decade

Lucintel collects a significant amount of uninterpreted data from a variety of sources and converts this into intelligent data as follows. The intelligent data is used by our clients for making confident business decisions