蘇黎世

瑞士

????谷歌（Google）決定在歐洲成立工程設計總部，并最終選擇了蘇黎世，之后雅虎（Yahoo）也緊隨其后選擇了蘇黎世。美國科技巨頭之所以選擇蘇黎世，正是看上了這里可靠的寬帶基礎設施，但更吸引它們的則是當地的人才：按照專利占全球GDP的比例進行排名，瑞士名列世界第一。瑞士政府推出了多個投資小公司的項目，如今當初的努力似乎正在帶來回報。蘇黎世有數百家初創企業，其中包括日歷軟件制造商Doodle和云存儲公司Wuala。

優勢

?????研發/發明

?????硬件

?????綠色/可持續

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