Brussels, 04/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - Investment in research and development (R&D) by EU-based companies increased by 2.6% in 2013. Surely this is good news, particularly as the economic situation does little to encourage investment. However, less encouragingly, the rise is less than the previous year's 6.8% and is well below the global average of 4.9% and hardly compares with the increases in the United States (5%) and Japan (5.5%).
The figures are from the European Commission's 2014 EU...