Switzerland will provide room for the development of new business models
Attractive general conditions in terms of economic policy ensure that Switzerland, as an innovative national economy, uses digitalisation as an engine for development and renewal. Innovative business models have sufficient space to develop. Young companies can be set up quickly and smoothly. They have access to well-trained workers and can quickly grow fast enough so that the continued presence of the company in Switzerland remains an attractive proposition and jobs are created and retained. At the same time, it is important to anticipate the challenges associated with digitalisation and to tackle possible regulatory issues in good time. These include, for example, issues of international market access, legal certainty in handling new technologies, optimisation of the basic conditions for digital ecosystems, the creation of trustworthy data spaces or timely taxation. Regulatory obstacles to digital business models are continuously dismantled.
Field of action
The economy
Digitalisation is changing the economy and the world of work. It is having a substantial effect on constantly changing structures and economic growth. Markets and value-creation chains are changing. There is hardly any sector of the economy which remains ...
Show moreObjective's measures
- Strategische Grundlagen für Finanzmarkt- und internationale Steuerpolitik im Digitalen Zeitalter
- Überprüfung gesetzliche Formvorschriften im Privatrecht
- Überprüfung gesetzliche Formvorschriften öffentliches Recht
- Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für Blockchain & DLT
- Amendment of the ordinance on renting and leasing residential and business premises
- Digital test
Key documents
- Federal Council Status Report of 6 December 2019 on the Swiss national economy
- Federal Council Report of 11 January 2017 on the central general conditions for the digital economy
- Report on findings of the “Digital Test” survey of 29 August 2018, examination of regulatory obstacles to digitalisation
- Statement of the SIF of 31 January 2020 on taxation of the digitised economy
- Message of 26 February 2020 on the promotion of education, research and innovation in the years 2021-2024 (education, research and innovation message)
- Message of 20 February 2019 on promoting Switzerland as a location 2020-2023
- Tourism strategy of the Confederation, 15 November 2017