Swiss innovation and economic success - is small business the secret? With Henrique Schneider, PhD.

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Interview with Henrique Schneider, PhD, Deputy Director Swiss Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises sgv, Professor (chair) of economics, Nordakademie, recorded on 2020.01.23 with host John Hucker, CFA, MBA.

Find more information about Prof. Schneider here:
https://www.nordakademie.de/henrique-schneider

We discuss:
- Personal intro and professional background
- Switzerland's unique economic success story
- Culture around success / failure
- The role of Small and Medium Enterprises in the economy
- Interaction between SMEs and large corporates
- Highly skilled vs trained workforce - learn by doing - yields innovation
- How successful is Switzerland at commercialising innovation?
- Schumpeter and creative destruction
- Regulation captive by legacy industry frameworks
- Switzerland as a platform for global business
- Artificial intelligence - threat vs opportunity, benefits for SMEs

Biography:
Henrique Schneider is the deputy CEO of the Swiss federation of small and medium enterprises (sgv). In this position, he represents the largest umbrella organization of the Swiss economy in different working and expert groups, regulatory bodies as well as non-executive boards. Especially, he is a voting member in the Swiss Competition Commission. In addition, he is professor for economics at Nordakademie, University of Applied Sciences, in Elmshorn, Germany, and serves in different non executive boards in Switzerland and abroad, including at the United Nations-level.
Henrique is a frequent public speaker in Europe, Asia, and the US and writes regular opinion pieces in newspapers in Europe and Asia. His books include: “Introducing the Political Philosophy of Hanfei” (2018), “Creative Destruction and the Sharing Economy” (2017); “Uber: Innovation in Society” (2017)”. Presently, he is working on the economic effects of artificial intelligence and on productivity.
Henrique studied economics in Switzerland, Germany, China, the US, and Austria.​

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