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The 2020 EU industrial R&D investment scoreboard

The 2020 EU industrial R&D investment scoreboard

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The main objective of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard (the Scoreboard) is to benchmark the performance of EU innovation-driven industries against major global counterparts. The 2020 edition of the Scoreboard analyses the 2500 companies that invested the largest sums into R&D worldwide in 2019. These companies, with headquarters in 43 countries, and more than 800k subsidiaries all over the world, each invested over €34.7 million in R&D in 2019. The total investment across all 2500 companies was €904.2bn. Compared to the previous one, the main difference in data presentation within this Scoreboard edition relates to the EU’s new membership composition following the departure of the UK on 31 January 20201. Henceforth, in this report, the EU is understood as EU27 (i.e., without the UK), and whenever the UK is included for comparative purposes, EU28 will be referred to. The 2020 Scoreboard total R&D is equivalent to approximately 90% of the world’s business-funded R&D. It includes 421 companies based in the EU (accounting for 20.9% of the total R&D in the sample), 775 US companies (38.5%), 309 Japanese companies (12.7%), 536 Chinese (13.1%) and 459 from the rest of the world (14.8%)2. This report analyses companies' R&D and economic indicators over recent years, focusing on the comparative performance of EU companies and their global counterparts. In 2019, global corporate R&D continued to increase substantially, following the trends of recent years, despite a slowdown in companies’ sales and a decline in profits. This is the tenth consecutive year of R&D growth driven by investments in the ICT, health, and automotive industries3. Companies based in the EU significantly increased their R&D (5.6%) in 2019, but this growth was well below the rates of US (10.8%) and Chinese companies (21%). The impact of the COVID-19 crisis is not yet reflected in this edition as it uses data referring mostly to 2019. However, history demonstrates the important role that R&D plays in tackling major socio-economic issues and in reinforcing recovery and competitiveness. Indeed, past Scoreboard editions showed that companies which sustained or increased their R&D investment during previous crises emerged with a greatly improved competitive position in the aftermath of the crisis. The Scoreboard results stress the need to step up the implementation of EU policies aimed at supporting industrial R&D and innovation, particularly in supporting recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the industrial digital and green transitions.
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ISSN 1831-9424
ISBN 978-92-76-27418-6
DOI 10.2760/203793
Luettelonumero KJ-BD-20-001-EN-N
ISSN 2599-574X
ISBN 978-92-76-55779-1
DOI 10.2760/812360
Luettelonumero KJ-BD-20-001-EN-E
ISSN 1018-5593
ISBN 978-92-76-27419-3
DOI 10.2760/655526
Luettelonumero KJ-BD-20-001-EN-C
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ISSN 1831-9424 ISBN 978-92-76-27418-6 DOI 10.2760/203793 Luettelonumero KJ-BD-20-001-EN-N
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ISSN 2599-574X ISBN 978-92-76-55779-1 DOI 10.2760/812360 Luettelonumero KJ-BD-20-001-EN-E
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ISSN 1018-5593 ISBN 978-92-76-27419-3 DOI 10.2760/655526 Luettelonumero KJ-BD-20-001-EN-C
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