苏黎世

瑞士

    谷歌（Google）决定在欧洲成立工程设计总部，并最终选择了苏黎世，之后雅虎（Yahoo）也紧随其后选择了苏黎世。美国科技巨头之所以选择苏黎世，正是看上了这里可靠的宽带基础设施，但更吸引它们的则是当地的人才：按照专利占全球GDP的比例进行排名，瑞士名列世界第一。瑞士政府推出了多个投资小公司的项目，如今当初的努力似乎正在带来回报。苏黎世有数百家初创企业，其中包括日历软件制造商Doodle和云存储公司Wuala。

优势

    •研发/发明

    •硬件

    •绿色/可持续

Zurich

Switzerland

    When Google looked to set up its European engineering headquarters, it turned to Zurich, and Yahoo followed suit. The U.S. tech giants liked Zurich's robust broadband infrastructure, but the real appeal is the local talent: Switzerland is the No. 1 country in the world in patents as a percentage of GDP. The Swiss government has multiple programs for investing in small businesses, and the effort seems to be paying off. Zurich is home to hundreds of startups, including calendar software maker Doodle and Wuala, a cloud storage company.

Good for

    •R&D/inventions

    •Hardware

    •Green/sustainable