Thanks to the FT for this one. The ten biggest US high-tech spenders on R&D, measured in billions of US dollars, are:
Microsoft 7.1
IBM 6.2
Intel 5.8
Cicsco 4.5
Motorola 4.4
HP 3.7
Oracle 2.2
TI 2.2
Google 2.1
Sun 2.0
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Thanks to the FT for this one. The ten biggest US high-tech spenders on R&D, measured in billions of US dollars, are:
Microsoft 7.1
IBM 6.2
Intel 5.8
Cicsco 4.5
Motorola 4.4
HP 3.7
Oracle 2.2
TI 2.2
Google 2.1
Sun 2.0
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The more "meaningful measurement," I believe, is the R&D spending to revenue ratio which helps to normalize the ranking of companies R&D spending. After all, the real intent of the R&D investment is to provide improved sales and better margins with the new products and/or services developed by this investment helping to differentiate a company's offerings.
However, the magnitude of the raw number R&D spending might be necessary but is certainly not sufficient for insuring either higher sales or better margins (higher profits). Obviously the efficiency of the R&D spending comes into play and one probably needs another measurement to quantify this aspect of R&D spending. Maybe it relates to the raw number of patents filed/granted or the IP revenue stream garnered, etc.
Mike Cowan
Posted by Mike Cowan | April 30, 2008 12:14 PM
Posted on April 30, 2008 12:14