Research about Switzerland.

1. Switzerland

2. Part # 1
Some places
in Switzerland

3. http://www.geonames.org/CH/largest-cities-in-switzerland.html
City Number of people living there
Zürich 340,000 people.
Geneva 185,000 people.
Basel 165,000 people.
Bern 120,000 people.
Lausanne 115,000 people.
The 5 largest cities in Switzerland

4. https://vimeo.com/101531805
Images of Switzerland

5. https://youtu.be/QQjAhAg8urQ
Lucerne

6. https://vimeo.com/175275823
Montreux and Vevey

7. Further inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/user/voilamasuisse/videos

8. Part # 2
Swiss languages

9. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_Languages_CH.png

10. Examples of Swiss German words
Exgüsi / sorri = Excuse me / sorry.
Grüezi = Hello.
Guetsli = Biscuits.
Handy / Natel = Mobile phone / Smartphone.
Herdöpfel = Potatoes.
Hoi = Hello.
Luege = Look.
Poulet = Chicken.
Rüebli = Carrot.
Schoggi = Chocolate.
Trottoir = Sidewalk / Walkway.
Velo = Bicycle.

11. Part # 3
People who live in Switzerland

12. More than 8 million people
live in Switzerland.
The country of origin for
about 25% of people living in
Switzerland is another
country than Switzerland.
http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html

13. The countries of origin of about half of the
players on the Swiss national football team
are other countries than Switzerland.
Sources
https://www.bfm.admin.ch//content/dam/data/bfm/broschuere-bfm-d.pdf
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizer_Fussballnationalmannschaft

14. http://kariem.ch/
Kariem Hussein.
His father grew up in Cairo,
Egypt. His mother grew up in
Tägerwilen, Switzerland.

15. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mujinga-Kambundji/1429621130606549
Mujinga Kambundji.
Her father comes from
Congo, and her mother
comes from Bern,
Switzerland.

16. A story about Yvonne
Apiyo Brändle-Amolo.
http://webreportagen.beobachter.ch/bruchtum/

17. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/news/medienmitteilungen.Document.132630.pdf
Mainly thanks to migration, the population of
Switzerland will increase from 7.8 million permanent
residents at the end of 2009 to 9 million in 2060.
The proportion of people aged 65 or over will
increase from 17% today to more than 28% at the
end of 2060.

18. http://blog.tagesanzeiger.ch/datenblog/index.php/1288/wo-die-grossverdiener-wohnen
Income differences across Switzerland
Basel Zürich Bern
Geneva
ThunSt. Gallen

19. Part # 4
Swiss people who live
outside Switzerland

20. More than 700,000 Swiss people,
i.e. about 10% of the population, live
in countries outside Switzerland.
Sources
http://aso.ch/en/information/statistics
http://www.swissemigration.ch/eda/en/home/serv/swiabr/swissa.html

21. Where do the 700,000 Swiss people,
who live outside Switzerland, live?
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/schweizer_im_ausland.html

22. Where do the 700,000 Swiss people, who live outside Switzerland, live?
Place Percentage
France 26%
Germany 11%
USA 11%
Italy 7%
Canada 5.5%
UK 4%
Australia 3.5%
Spain 3%
Brazil 2%
Austria 2%
Israel 2%
New Zealand 1%
Thailand 1%
Belgium 1%
China 0.5%
Denmark 0.5%
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/schweizer_im_ausland.html

23. 3,200 Swiss people
live in Denmark.
http://dkch.info/
https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/representations-and-travel-advice/denmark/switzerland-denmark.html

24. Part # 5
Medium power distance
in Switzerland

25. Power
distance Individualism Masculinity
Uncertainty
avoidance
Swiss culture
http://geert-hofstede.com/switzerland.html

26. http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/swiss-revolution-helvetic-republic-1798.html
The decision of Napoleon to withdraw the French troops
from Switzerland in July 1802 gave the signal to the partisans
of federalism: On August 1st, 1802 the citizens of Schwyz,
Nidwalden, Obwalden met for the "Landsgemeinde".
Napoleon had understood that centralistic state had no
chance to be accepted in Switzerland. Therefore the
constitution elaborated by his mediation gave most of the
competencies to the 19 cantons of the new Swiss federation.

27. Im Gegensatz zu fast allen Ländern der Welt
entstand die Schweiz in den Dörfern und
Tälern und Städten: von unten nach oben.
Kein Monarch arrondierte sein Gebiet, kein
Zentralstaat trieb die Untertanen zusammen.
Die Seele der Schweiz. Die Weltwoche, Nummer 2, 2008.

28. http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/vab_1_3_3_1.html
Formal population involvement in voting is strong

29. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/03/blank/key/stimmbeteiligung.html
Less than 50% of
people, who are
allowed to vote, vote.

30. Elections in Zürich in 2010
 33% of people under the age of 30 voted.
 70% of men aged 80 voted.
http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/zhwahl15/die-jungen-lassen-lieber-die-alten-waehlen-1.18519640

31. Part # 6
High individualism
in Switzerland

32. Power
distance Individualism Masculinity
Uncertainty
avoidance
Switzerland scores relatively high on individualism
http://geert-hofstede.com/switzerland.html

33. Switzerland is
outside the EU

34. Switzerland is a member neither of the EU nor of the
looser European Economic Area (EEA) that includes
Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Nevertheless, a web of more than 100 bilateral treaties
binds the Swiss tightly into the “4 freedoms” of
movement underpinning the EU’s single market:
Freedom of goods, services, people and capital.
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21596567-referendum-europes-freedom-movement-will-have-big-consequences-switzerlands-crossbow

35. Schein, Edgar: Organizational Culture and Leadership.
Experiences working for the Ciba-Geigy company.
No matter what I did, I could not seem
to get information flowing, especially
laterally across divisional, functional, or
geographical boundaries.

36. I eventually discoved that there was a
strong shared assumption that each
manager’s job was his or her
private turf, not to be infringed on.
Schein, Edgar: Organizational Culture and Leadership.
Experiences working for the Ciba-Geigy company.

37. Mr. Jacques Herzog
Der Schweizer mag es nicht,
wenn sein Nachbar zu nahe
kommt.
http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/web-tv/standpunkte/sendungen_1.2166738.html?video=1.12942647, minute 17.

38. Part # 7
High masculinity
in Switzerland

39. Power
distance Individualism Masculinity
Uncertainty
avoidance
Switzerland scores relatively high on masculinity
http://geert-hofstede.com/switzerland.html

40. Sources
http://demokratie.geschichte-schweiz.ch/chronologie-frauenstimmrecht-schweiz.html
http://www.swissworld.org/en/people/women/the_right_to_vote/
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm
In 1971, women are allowed to vote
at Swiss elections.

41. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/women-s-suffrage_inner-rhoden-women-celebrate-25-years-of-the-vote/41802282
In 1990, women living in Appenzell Inner Rhoden were allowed to also
vote at local and cantonal level.
The men of Appenzell Inner Rhoden had denied their mothers, sisters
and daughters voting rights in 1973, 1982 and April 1990. In 1990,
women brought a legal action before the Federal Court in Lausanne
saying the situation was unconstitutional. On November 27, 1990, the
court agreed, overruling the canton.

42. Women are still underrepresented in Appenzell
Inner Rhoden’s 7-person executive body.
The first female member ever was Ruth Metzler,
who was elected to the executive body in 1996. The
2nd female member ever is Antonia Fässler.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/women-s-suffrage_inner-rhoden-women-celebrate-25-years-of-the-vote/41802282

43. Women earn much
less than men for
similar work
http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2013/

44. In Switzerland, mothers invest twice as many hours
per week in household work as fathers do
http://www.nzz.ch/muetter-arbeiten-doppelt-so-viel-wie-vaeter-1.18180452

45. Further inspiration
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/gender-diversity-9869793

46. Part # 8
Strong uncertainty avoidance
in Switzerland

47. Power
distance Individualism Masculinity
Uncertainty
avoidance
Switzerland scores relatively high on uncertainty avoidance
http://geert-hofstede.com/switzerland.html

48. The Swiss, even more time and regulation dominated
[than Germans], made precision a national symbol.
This applies to the watch industry, the optical
instruments, the pharmaceutical products, and to
banking. In addition, planes, buses and trains leave on
the dot. Accordingly, everything can be exactly
calculated and predicted.
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-different-cultures-understand-time-2014-5

49. http://frankcalberg.blogspot.com/2009/06/example-of-order-in-switzerland.html
Attentiontodetail

50. At Ciba-Geigy, everything was planned to the level
of the smallest detail.
I had to provide a plan that showed virtually minute
by minute what would happen during the 2 days,
and the company was clearly willing to commit all
the time it might take to design as nearly perfect a
meeting as possible.
Schein, Edgar H.: Organizational Culture and Leadership, p. 367-368.

51. German-speaking Switzerland
Could be characterized as a well-oiled machine.
French-speaking Switzerland
Could be characterized by hierarchy and an
impersonal bureaucracy.
Empirical assessment of Geert Hofstede.
http://www.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/2787/$FILE/dis2787.pdf , p. 140.

52. The swiss agriculture is heavily protected.
The surrounding farms in Austria, Bavaria or northern
Italy have the same climatic and geographic conditions,
but are bigger and more productive with half the prices.
http://cdh.epfl.ch/files/content/sites/cdh/files/shared/docs_ch/B.%20Kappeler%20Economy%20I.pdf

53. German culture is extremely protective of
privacy and private information.
http://www.managementexchange.com/story/roche-oversight-insight

54. In 2006, Switzerland had about 300,000 nuclear shelters in homes,
institutions and hospitals as well as 5,100 public shelters. They
provide protection for 8.6 million people – more than the size of the
total population. That is world record.
The annual costs for the construction, maintenance and demolition of
the shelters amounted to CHF 167.4 million in 2006. Of this, CHF
128.2 million were borne by private persons, CHF 23.5 million by the
communes, CHF 9.8 million by the Confederation, and 4.2 million by
the cantons.
The total value of the shelters is CHF 11.8 billion.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/prepared-for-anything_bunkers-for-all/995134

55. Die Schweizer Unternehmen haben
enorm Angst zu zeigen, dass sie
gewisse Parteien unterstützen.
Woher diese Angst kommt, kann ich
nicht erklären.
Delphine Centlivres.
Transparency International.
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/11576227

56. http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/schweiz/europapolitische-risiken-in-kauf-genommen-1.18276614
A relatively high
number of people
aged 50 to 59 years
of age voted yes to
the 2014 referendum
“Gegen Massen-
einwanderung”.

57. A relatively high number of
people with little education
and low income voted yes to
the 2014 referendum “Gegen
Masseneinwanderung”.
http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/schweiz/europapolitische-risiken-in-kauf-genommen-1.18276614

58. A relatively high number of people living in the countryside
and in the Italian part of Switzerland voted yes to the 2014
referendum “Gegen Masseneinwanderung”.
http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/schweiz/europapolitische-risiken-in-kauf-genommen-1.18276614

59. Weshalb hat beispielsweise der Kanton
Schwyz die Initiative mit grosser Mehrheit
angenommen, obschon er mit einem
verhältnismässig geringen Ausländeranteil
nicht übermässig von der Einwanderung
betroffen ist?
Die Angst vor Veränderung hat hier
eine sehr viel grössere Rolle gespielt.
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/Das-ist-fremdenfeindlich/story/11943919
Christian Schmid.
Professor.

60. http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20140209/det580.html
Results of 2014
referendum
“Gegen Massen-
einwanderung”

61. In den urbanen Zentren haben die Menschen einerseits mehr
Erfahrung mit dem Fremden und können sich dadurch dem
Unbekannten auch mehr öffnen, man findet Wege, die einem
helfen, mit vielen möglichen Situationen umzugehen. Diese
Erfahrung haben Menschen, die in homogeneren und weniger
dichten Gebieten leben, weniger.
Andererseits zieht es neugierige, für Neues offene Menschen eher
in die städtischen Zentren. Die anderen suchen sich eher einen
Wohnort in kleineren Gemeinden oder in der Agglomeration – falls
sie nicht schon da leben.
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/Das-ist-fremdenfeindlich/story/11943919
Christian Schmid.
Professor.

62. Mindful of their responsibility towards creation, resolved to
renew their alliance so as to strengthen liberty, democracy,
independence and peace in a spirit of solidarity and openness
towards the world, determined to live together with
mutual consideration and respect for their diversity, conscious
of their common achievements and their responsibility towards
future generations, and in the knowledge that only those who
use their freedom remain free, and that the strength of a people
is measured by the well-being of its weakest members.
http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/1/101.en.pdf
Extract from the federal constitution of the Swiss Confederation

63. 92 of 246 Swiss parliament members,
i.e. less than 40%, use Twitter actively.
http://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/ungleiches-gezwitscher-aus-dem-parlament-1.18378048

64. http://www.ohnedich.ch/

65. Durch Stress entstehen in der Schweiz
jährlich Kosten von CHF 4,2 Milliarden.
http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wirtschaft/aktuell/wenn_der_stress_am_arbeitsplatz_zu_gross_wird_1.1695235.html

66. Further inspiration
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/ideas-to-prevent-stress

67. Part # 9
Some services and
communities in Switzerland

68. Food and farming communities

69. Sources
https://www.facebook.com/ALDI.CH
http://www.barkat.ch
https://www.facebook.com/coop.ch
https://www.facebook.com/Migros
http://www.spar.ch

70. Sources
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bachsermärt/563722327018568
http://www.dunkelhoelzli.ch/
http://fgvaa.ch/
https://www.facebook.com/oepfelchasper.biokurier
http://ortoloco.ch/

71. Sources
https://www.pinterest.com/cookeatfood/
https://www.facebook.com/zuerikocht/

72. Rooftop greenhouse in Basel with fresh fish and healthy vegetables
http://urbanfarmers.com/projects/basel/

73. Clothing services and
communities

74. Sources
http://www.kleiderkorb.ch/
http://www.caritas-secondhand.ch/
http://www.infoklick.ch/walkincloset/kleidertauschboersen/
http://www.plvfashion.ch/
http://www.texaid.ch/

75. Services and communities for
lending / renting and buying / selling things

76. Sources
http://www.bringundnimm.ch/
http://www.brockenhaus-verzeichnis.ch/
http://www.housetrip.com/
http://www.pumpipumpe.ch/
https://sharely.ch/
https://www.shrebo.ch/
http://www.weeshare.com/
http://www.wy.by/

77. Sources
http://www.exsila.ch/
http://musikboerse-effektiv.ch/
https://www.ricardo.ch/

78. Education services

79. Sources
http://bildungsplattformen.ch/
http://www.nachsitzen.ch/
https://tutor24.ch/

80. Switzerland – most problematic factors
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2013-14.pdf

81. Cleaning services

82. http://quitt.ch/

83. Price comparison services

84. Sources
http://www.123vergleich.ch/
http://www.bfox.ch/
http://www.comparis.ch/
https://www.financefox.ch/
https://www.hypoplus.ch/
http://www.toppreise.ch/

85. Transportation services
and communities

86. Sources
http://www.e-carpooling.ch/
http://hitchhike.ch/
http://www.karzoo.ch/
http://www.mitfahrangebot.ch/
http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.ch/
http://www.mobility.ch/
http://www.sbb.ch/
https://sharoo.com/
http://www.zvv.ch/

87. Sources
http://www.parkingspace.ch/
http://parkit.ch/
http://www.parku.ch/
http://www.sharedparking.ch/

88. Sources
http://www.sailbox.ch/
http://www.sailcom.ch/

89. Sources
http://www.nextbike.ch/
http://www.occasionsvelo.ch/
https://www.publibike.ch/
http://rentabike.ch/
http://www.schweizrollt.ch/
http://www.velospot.ch/

90. Further inspiration
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/bicycle-friendly-cities

91. Healthcare services and communities

92. Sources
https://www.deindoktor.ch/
https://www.dred.com/ch/
http://www.spitalfinder.ch/

93. Sources
https://www.betreut.ch/
http://www2.medgate.ch/
https://seniorservice24.ch/

94. Source
http://quevita.com/

96. Insurance services and communities

97. Sources
http://cgd.swissre.com/
https://openminds.swissre.com/
http://www.swissre.com/

98. Innovation services and communities

99. Sources
https://www.atizo.com/
http://www.nextsuisse.ch/
http://www.nextzuerich.ch/

100. Sources
http://www.jacando.com/
https://www.mila.com/
http://www.renovero.ch/
http://www.rentarentner.ch/
http://www.skillharbour.com/
http://swissvolunteer.ch/

101. Sources
http://www.pauluskirche.ch/2983.html
http://www.skillharbour.com/
http://sprach-tandem.ch/
http://www.talent.ch/

102. Sources
http://www.forumenergie.ch/
https://twitter.com/impacthubzurich/
https://twitter.com/OpenDataZurich/

103. Sources
http://www.3dhubs.com/zurich
http://fablab.ch/official-register-of-fab-labs-in-switzerland/
http://www.meetup.com/3D-Printing-Zurich/

104. Sources
https://www.buero-zueri.ch/
https://popupoffice.ch/
http://www.workspace2go.ch/

105. Funding services and communities

106. Sources
https://www.7crowd.ch/
http://www.100-days.net/
http://www.buyeco.ch/
https://www.cashare.ch/
http://c-crowd.com/
https://www.crowdhouse.ch/
http://www.ibelieveinyou.ch/
http://impact.sosense.org/
https://www.investiere.ch/
https://wemakeit.com/

107. Further inspiration
http://www.slideshare.net/SwissFinteCH/swiss-fintech-ecosystem-directory-v10

108. Music services

109. https://www.stagend.com/

110. IT and telecom services

111. Sources
https://www.google.ch/
http://www.search.ch/
https://swisscows.ch/

112. Part # 10
The political system
in Switzerland

113. Switzerland has been a federal state since 1848.
Authority is shared between
 the Confederation (central state),
 the 26 cantons (federal states), and
 the 2352 communes.
https://www.ch.ch/en/swiss-federalism/

114. https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html article 139.
http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html
How Swiss citizens can make a law

115. https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html article 141.
http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html
How Swiss citizens can voice disagreement with laws

116. The Federal Assembly comprises 2 chambers:
 The national council / the Senate.
 The council of states / House of Representatives.
Both chambers have equal standing.
https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html

117.  200 representatives of Swiss people.
 Each canton and half-canton is
entitled to at least 1 seat, even if its
resident population is below the
national average of 37,500.
https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html article 149.
http://oscepa2014.ch/swiss-political-system-2/?lang=en
Nationalrat = The national council. The Senate. The lower house.

118. Parties and seats in the national council from 1919 to 2011
http://www.psa.ac.uk/psa-communities/specialist-groups/parliaments-and-legislatures/blog/swiss-parliament-hybrid-system

119.  46 representatives.
 20 cantons each send 2 representatives.
 6 cantons each send 1 representative.
Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel-Stadt,
Basel-Land, Appenzell Ausserrhoden,
and Appenzell Innerrhoden.
https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html article 150.
http://oscepa2014.ch/swiss-political-system-2/?lang=en
Ständerat = Council of states. House of Representatives. The upper house.

120. Each of the 26 cantons / federal states has its own
constitution, government and courts. The sovereignty of the
cantons is guaranteed by Article 3 of the Federal Constitution
of the Swiss Confederation according to which the cantons
exercise “all rights that are not vested in the Confederation.”
Examples of tasks that cantons are responsible for:
Education, hospitals, and police.
https://www.ch.ch/en/swiss-federalism/
http://oscepa2014.ch/swiss-political-system-2/?lang=en
https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html

121. The Federal council of Switzerland, the supreme governing and executive authority of the Confederation,
consists of 7 ministers. Each of the 7 members is elected by the Federal council for a term of 4 years. At
re-election of the 7 ministers every 4 years - a couple of months after parliamentary elections - the 7
votes take place according to the order of seniority. In other words, whoever has been a minister for
the longest, is up for election first. Election of new ministers is elected at the end.
The 246 members of the Swiss parliament, i.e. 200 members from the House of Representatives and 46
members from the Senate, come together in a joint session to cast their individual votes in a secret
ballot. They can vote for anyone they want – even for non-politicians who haven’t put themselves
forward. This can result in behind-the-scenes deals.
To be elected, a candidate needs an absolute majority, i.e. half the votes plus one. If all 246
parliamentarians turn up, this means that to be elected as a Swiss cabinet, a person needs to get at least
124 votes.
In the first 2 rounds, anyone can be voted for. After that, parliament members are not allowed to vote
for any new names. Whoever in the 2nd or subsequent rounds gets fewer than 10 votes, drops out. If, in
the 3rd or subsequent rounds, everyone gets at least 10 votes, the person with the fewest drops out. The
vote continues until a winning candidate has been elected.
https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html, article 174 and 175.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cabinet-elections_how-will-new-ingredients-change--magic-formula--/41825058

122. Further inspiration
https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/political-system-of-switzerland.html
http://www.parlament.ch/
http://www.politnetz.ch/
http://www.psa.ac.uk/psa-communities/specialist-groups/parliaments-and-
legislatures/blog/swiss-parliament-hybrid-system
http://smartmonitor.ch/
http://www.vimentis.ch/