Introduction
1.     "Despite Weak Economy, Skilled ICT Still Needed in Europe", IDC, 2002
2.     World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency, www.cia.gov
3.     R & D Financing and Performance, OECD 2001

Domestic Market
1.     The New Economy and the Role Played by the ICT Producing Sectors: Recent Trends and Comparisons Across OECD Countries, Alessandra Colecchia www.statistics.gov.uk
2.     Information  and Communication Technologies in Switzerland   www.locationswitzerland.ch

National ICT Policies
1.     Switzerland ICT Profile, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), www.oecd.org
2.     Ibid.
3.     Ibid.
4.    Switzerland: ICT Market Status www.tradeport.org

Telecommunications Infrastructure and Regulation

1.     Telecommunication Law, Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), www.bakom.ch
2.     Switzerland: Telecommunications Statistics 2001, Swiss Federal Office for Communication
3.     Ibid
4.     Industry Sector Analysis: "Unbundling the Last Mile,"  US Commercial Service, US Department of  Commerce, www.usatrade.gov
5.    Switzerland: Telecommunications Statistics 2001, Swiss Federal Office for Communication
6.    Ibid
Computing and Internet

1.    Switzerland: Telecommunications Statistics 2001, Swiss Federal Office for Communication
2.    "Home Remains the Place to Go Online" Cyber Atlas, www.cyberatlas.internet.com
3.    Ibid
4.    Ibid
E-Commerce

1.    OECD
2.    OECD
3.     Introduction and Diffusion of Electronic Commerce, Solothurn University of Applied Sciences, January 2001, p.11
4.   "Home Remains the Place to Go Online" Cyber Atlas, www.cyberatlas.internet.com
5.    Introduction and Diffusion of Electronic Commerce, Solothurn University of Applied Sciences, January 2001   p.12

ICT & Business

1.     R & D Financing and Performance, OECD 2001
2.    Switzerland: E-Commerce experience varies widely, Dec 2000   www.eiu.com

Domestic Production
1.   The New Economy and the Role Played by the ICT Producing Sectors: Recent Trends and Comparisons Across OECD Countries, Alessandra Colecchia   www.statistics.gov.uk
2.  Ibid

IT Workforce

1. Information and Communication Technologies in Switzerland p.10
2. www.ecademy.ch
3. European ICT Skills Shortages Still Significant
4. IDC White Paper “ Despite Weak Economy, Skilled ICT Staff Still Needed in Europe", p.2

IT Geographics
1.     Switzerland: From Heidiland to High-Tech Land presented by Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin, Minster of Economic Affairs,March 26, 2001 www.admin.ch
2.      Business Facilities “Switzerland”  www.facilitycity.com
IT Financing

1.    Business Facilities “Switzerland”  www.facilitycity.com
3.    STI Scoreboard 2001, R&D Financing, OECD
4.    STI scoreboard 2001, R&D Financing, OECD
5.    STI Scoreboard 2001, R&D Financing, OECD

E-Government

1      Global E-Government Survey 2002, Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University,         www.insidepolitics.org
2.     Ibid
3.     Ibid
4.      E-government, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, www.seco-admin.ch

Legal Environment