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• Johnson & Johnson: small is beautiful: Johnson & Johnson sees itself as a 'Family of Companies', and that isn't just PR-speak. J&J really does consist of over 250 subsidiary companies in 60 countries. Since one of those countries is Switzerland, Swiss News decided to learn more about the health giant's role here.

Johnson & Johnson comprises three divisions: the consumer products division sells thousands of over-the-counter health, hygiene and skincare products,...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Managing Through the Downturn - A Survey of How Swiss Companies are Facing the Current Crisis

This study was conducted in February 2009 One year on after the initial Managing Through The Downturn study the insights gained about how to addres...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• The Power of Design in Global Development

In an interview, Jocelyn Wyatt, head of IDEO's social innovation design domain, talked about the power of design to change the world. IDEO began 30 years ago by designing products. However, over time they've applied the approach of human-centered design to services, spaces, businesses and systems. They believe in the power of design thinking to enrich and transform, and to take on big challenges that the world faces, from climate change to education and health care to financial inclusion. They are currently working with Acumen Fund on a water project in India and Kenya. They have developed a social marketing campaign to spread awareness about the importance of drinking safe water and a water delivery business and cart for female micro-entrepreneurs to deliver water in slum communities. ...

...Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies, such as the Bank of America, Nokia and Kaiser Per...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 3, Juillet - Juillet - Juillet 2010

• Ugandan Coffee Growers

In Uganda, the Good African Coffee company, in conjunction with ITC, is demonstrating how public-private partnership can make a significant impact on low-income rural communities. About 85% of Ugandans are farmers, but only a small percentage of Uganda's gross domestic product comes from agriculture due to lack of access to markets, poor export strategies and crude farming techniques. In 2007 the Ugandan public and private sectors launched their National Export Strategy and identified organic production as a promising market opportunity for smallholders who traditionally had the most precarious livelihoods and lowest incomes. Following on from this, in 2009 ITC's Trade and Environment Program helped more than 2,000 smallholder coffee farmers, mostly women, to convert to organic producti...

...-2010 to another three coffee and tea companies supplied by 5,000 farmers. As Mr Rugasira attests,...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 4, Octobre 2009

• Target and decoys: the well-established targets produced by companies such as Meggitt Defence Systems, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Selex Galileo require no introduction.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jet engines developed for aero modellers are making possible small high-speed targets such as Eads-Dornier's single-engined 1...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 3, Juin 2008

• Strong Swiss franc: still no threat ... yet: due to Switzerland's size and location, as well as the openness of its business sector, exports have traditionally played an important role in the domestic economy. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore play a significant role in economic success. This is best demonstrated by the recent slide in the euro; nevertheless, not all Swiss companies are affected in equal measure.

Switzerland's neighbouring countries have traditionally been its most important trading partners: roughly 58 per cent of the Alpine confederation's ex...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• Sustainable Tourism

Tourism, one of the rarest and most influential industries in the world, is already set up to lead the way in promoting triple bottom line business principles that have immeasurable positive benefits for the environment, societies and cultures. More than ever before, travelers are demanding lower environmental and cultural impacts, and more meaningful interaction with local people in their travel experiences. A company built on the principles of responsible tourism is not only setting itself up for long-term success, but also responding directly to current consumer demand, which has never before been so focused on sustainability. The unique partnership between local communities and tourism companies can help to solve one of the most prevalent problems in international community developm...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 1, Janvier 2009

• Try Graubunden: work where others play: the largest canton in Switzerland, Graubunden is known for its tourism. But international companies from many different industries have also based themselves here.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Graubunden has a turbulent history. After occupation by Austria and France, and upon losing the Valtelinne valley region, the...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2007, Avril 2007

• Booming bassin: a beautiful location, Francophone workers and attractive tax rates are luring more and more foreign companies to the Lake Geneva region. Stretching from Geneva to Lausanne on the northern bank of the lake and around to the tourist town of Montreux, a new agglomeration is developing. But can it rival Zurich and Basel for the title of Switzerland's most dynamic economic region?

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For years, the Suisse Romande has lagged behind its Swiss-German rivals as a location for commerce: while Basel's pharmaceuti...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008

• The natural way: as more companies pursue a growing market for natural and eco-friendly products, 86-year-old Weleda unintentionally finds itself part of a burgeoning trend. The Swiss company that introduced natural body-care products and medicinal supplements in 1921 doesn't have to get back to nature: simply put, it never left.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Behind the Weleda headquarters in the canton of Baselland, a lovingly cultivated garden is planted with many of the 600 speci...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2007, Avril 2007