As Siemens half-heartedly clamped down on corruption, managers took ever more eccentric steps to avoid getting caught. When authorising payments, many of them signed on removable sticky notes.
But some analysts saw it as a stop-gap measure to avoid a looming crisis that some compared to that set off by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
The sooner the policy makers address these challenges that lie ahead, the less disruptive, the unavoidable adjustments will be both for individuals and for the economy.
Based on the results of that study it has been estimated that the Swiss could avert 17 000 nosocomial infections each year if hospitals nationwide achieved comparable improvements.