The 2017 edition of the EU Industrial R&D Investment
Scoreboard (the Scoreboard) comprises the 2500
companies investing the largest sums in R&D in the
world in 2016/17. These companies, based in 43
countries, each invested over €24 million in R&D for a
total of €741.6bn which is approximately 90% of the
world’s business-funded R&D. They include 567 EU
companies accounting for 26% of the total, 822 US
companies for 39%, 365 Japanese companies for 14%,
376 Chinese for 8% and 370 from the rest-of-the-world
(RoW) for 13%.
This report analyses the main changes in companies’
R&D and economic indicators over the past year and
their performance over the past ten years. It also includes
results from additional complementary studies on companies’
productivity, their development of ICT-related
technologies and scientific publication activity.
HERNANDEZ GUEVARA Hector;
GRASSANO Nicola;
TUEBKE Alexander;
POTTERS Lesley;
AMOROSO Sara;
DOSSO Mafini;
GKOTSIS Petros;
VEZZANI Antonio;
2018-02-13
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC108520
978-92-79-76299-4 (print),
978-92-79-76298-7,
1018-5593 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
2599-5731 (print),
2599-574X (online),
EUR 28870 EN,
OP KJ-BD-17-001-EN-C (print),
OP KJ-BD-17-001-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC108520,
10.2760/912318 (online),
10.2760/308029 (print),
