D-MTEC Media Update – booming biotech and gasping service sector

D-MTEC experts address issues of society, economy, and business. The D-MTEC Media Update lists their recent articles, interviews, and commentaries. While the Swiss service sector is struggling, global biotech investments are soaring. And yet: the Financial Crisis Observatory (Didier Sornette) currently sees no major bubble in capital flows to promisors of a Covid-19 vaccine.

2 young scientists in biochem lab.
Plenty to do. Image: Shutterstock / Solis Images

Swiss economy and labour market

Daniel Kopp | KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Michael Siegenthaler | KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Jan-Egbert Sturm | KOF Swiss Economic Institute

Covid-19 unemployment hits young first

Service sector is strongly affected by unemployment

Unemployment will probably stay high in the years to come

Tourism with 50% less bookings

Biotech index without significant bubble

Didier Sornette | Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks

Stakeholder instead of shareholder perspective

Torbjørn Netland | Chair of Production and Operations Management

Interpretation of foreign trade data is likely to become even more difficult

Yngve Abrahamsen | KOF Swiss Economic Institute

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