FEATURES OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF SWITZERLAND

Abstract

The features of Swiss innovative economy and main success factors in creation and implementation of innovations are analyzed in the article. Special attention is devoted to definition of the role of state and private sector in the formation of innovative structure of Switzerland, laws and acts regulating the development of innovations and basic institutions which are playing leading role in their management. The article considers the importance of cluster system creating around big companies a structural network of different actors complementing innovative ecosystem in the production process of new products. The author concludes that a small country status and economic decentralization arе not the obstacles for the development of innovative economy and corresponding infrastructure.

Keywords

• innovations
• laws and acts
• innovative infrastructure
• ecosystem
• clusters
• small and medium-size enterprises
• universities
• technoparks