What is the history of globalization and Switzerland?
Since the late thirteenth century, Swiss people have practiced and advocated globalization. Switzerland has centuries of experience in dealing with people from different cultures and regions. As a nation, we are always ready to be a part of the evolving globalization process and to share our experiences with companies that are interested in locating in Switzerland. The Swiss globalization knowledge base is deep because we have had a huge influx of foreigners for several centuries. Switzerland has always been a multi-cultural society, and our extensive dealings with other cultures enables us to make people from all different cultures around the world feel at home. Q: When you refer to globalization, what do you mean? A: In the beginning, the globalization meant trade flows from Northern Europe to Southern Europe. This brought refugees, and with them industries like precision engineering or banking. One of them was Mr. Nestle who built the Nestle Company, one of the most globalized compa
