Switzerland leads U.S. in technology innovation?
March 29, 2007
According to the World Economic Forum, Switzerland (and six other countries) leads the U.S. as an engine of technology innovation. Huh? The group (pictured right) claims our fall from the top is due to the "deterioration of the political and regulatory environment."
The group, based in Geneva, Switzerland is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Government. Wonder if that had anything to do with their ranking of the U.S.?
Ironically, the group announced their list of 2007 Tech Pioneers recently and more than 80% of the pioneers were from the United States. Not a single person or company from the six countries listed ahead (see list below) of the United States were honored with an information technology related Tech Pioneer award.
- Denmark (3)
- Sweden (8)
- Singapore (2)
- Finland (5)
- Switzerland (9)
- Netherlands (12)
- US (1)
- Iceland (4)
- UK (10)
- Norway (13)
