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PDF Does Europe perform too little corporate R&D?
This paper examines the differences in private R&D investment performance between the EU and the US. It assesses the distributions… Show more of R&D intensity, the effects of the sector composition vis-à-vis the intensity of R&D in each sector, and the differences in demographics of large R&D investing companies. Show less
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PDF R&D-intensive SMEs in Europe: What do we know about them?
This paper typifies different groups of EU R&D-intensive SMEs according to their inputs into the innovation process. The results show… Show more that diversity between clusters calls for a more careful understanding of their characteristics before developing measures to support R&D-intensive SMEs. Show less
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PDF The 2009 Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends
This document presents the findings of the fifth survey on trends in business R&D investment. These are based on the… Show more responses from 185 EU-based Scoreboard companies, reporesenting an R&D investment of almost € 48 billion (over one third of the total R&D of the 1000 EU Scoreboard companies). The main findings are as follows: The companies' R&D investment is expected to grow by 2% annually over 2010-12, half the amount expected according to last year's survey, reflecting the ongoing effects of the economic crisis. More than half of the respondents made changes to the management of their R&D investments as a result of the economic crisis. Around 40% of the respondents said there was no change. The companies, all EU-based, invest around one fourth of their R&D outside (mainly the US and Canada (around 12%), followed by India (3.1%), China (2.4%), other European countries (2.1%), Japan (1.9%) and the Rest of the World). They expect strong R&D investment increases outside the EU, especially in China and India. The resulting R&D investment outflow implies sustained but smooth changes in R&D investment shares in world regions. Tax incentives appear to be particularly important for high R&D intensive companies. With respect to last year's survey, these companies also attach a great deal of importance to regulatory intervention to improve product markets and framework conditions, aligning their views with the rest of the sectors. European Technology Platforms appear to be more relevant to low R&D intensity sectors. R&D is the most important component of innovation for the companies which invest most in R&D. In low R&D intensity sectors, greater increases in innovation investments are expected. Show less
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PDF The 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
The 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released in November 2009, presents information on 2000 companies from around the world… Show more reporting major investments in R&D. The set of companies it covers comprises the top 1000 R&D investors whose registered offices are in the EU and the top 1000 registered elsewhere. Show less
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PDF The 2008 Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends
This document presents the findings of the fourth survey on trends in business R&D investment. While continuing along similar lines… Show more as previous editions, it contains further insights into (mainly larger) company expectations about their future R&D investments and the underlying motivations. The results are drawn from 130 responses from the 1000 EU-based companies listed in the 2007 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. These 130 companies are responsible for R&D investment worth almost €40 billion, constituting 30% of the total R&D investment by the EU Scoreboard companies. Show less
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PDF The 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
The 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released in October 2008, presents information on 2000 companies from around the world… Show more reporting major investments in R&D. The set of companies it covers comprises the top 1000 R&D investors whose registered offices are in the EU and the top 1000 registered elsewhere. Show less
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PDF The 2007 Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends
This report presents the results of "The 2007 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends". It provides new insights into… Show more company expectations about future R&D investments and their motivations for investing in research. The results are drawn from the responses received from 118 large companies in the EU. These companies are responsible for a total global R&D investment of almost €28 billion, constituting 23% of the total R&D investment of the European Scoreboard companies. Show less
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PDF The 2007 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
The 2007 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released in early October 2007, presents information on 2000 companies from around the… Show more world reporting major investments in R&D. The set of companies it covers comprises the top 1000 R&D investors whose registered offices are in the EU and the top 1000 registered elsewhere. The figures are derived from company accounts and indicate the R&D invested by companies' own funds, independently of the location of the R&D activity. The Scoreboard includes R&D figures along with other economic and financial data from the last four financial years. Show less