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Corporate GovernanceNational study

Boardroom Paralysis in Switzerland

One in three audited Swiss SMEs has no valid signature if its principal director dies

A national analysis of all 432,445 active companies in the Swiss Commercial Register finds that 32% of audited SMEs — and 41% in French-speaking Switzerland — would be unable to execute a single legally binding act the day their principal signatory dies. The fragility is structural, observable in open data today, and concentrated along the country's linguistic divide.

32%
of audited SMEs at risk of paralysis
26%
have a single director
41%
risk rate in French-speaking Switzerland
100%
of at-risk firms have no backup signature
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