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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10020

17 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
Rise in corporate R&D investment in 2008

Brussels, 16/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - In spite of the economic crisis, EU corporate R&D investment increased by 8.1% in 2008, according to the 2009 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" published on Monday 16 November 2009. Global R&D investment growth in 2008 was lower, standing at 6.9%. Two EU companies feature in the top ten: Volkswagen in third place with an R&D investment of €5.93 billion and Nokia eighth. With an 8.1% increase, the R&D investment growth of EU companies, defined...

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