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Corporate R&D Spending: Trends and Issues

Corporate R&D Spending: Trends and Issues. Ron Freedman ron@impactg.com. Data. 625+ companies in the Research Infosource database A reasonable sample of the 9-10,000 companies known to perform R&D (StatCan) R&D Definitions: Infosource: Company-defined R&D StatCan: Frascati definition.

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Corporate R&D Spending: Trends and Issues

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  1. Corporate R&D Spending:Trends and Issues Ron Freedman ron@impactg.com

  2. Data • 625+ companies in the Research Infosource database • A reasonable sample of the 9-10,000 companies known to perform R&D (StatCan) • R&D Definitions: • Infosource: Company-defined R&D • StatCan: Frascati definition

  3. The Big Picture: Spending

  4. Some Details .. • Total spending down –8.6% (with Nortel) • Total spending up 4.1% (without Nortel) • Most R&D spending (90%) concentrated in the Top 100 Spenders ($13.9 million or more) • Tier 2 companies ($2 million to $13.8 million) account for 9% • Tier 3 companies (less than $2 million) account for only 2%

  5. More Details … • All 3 Tiers saw a significant decline in research spending from Fiscal 2003 results • Smaller Tiers dropped most: • Tier 1 spending up 4.1% (without Nortel) • Tier 2 firms spending fell by -6.0 • Tier 3 spending fell by -16.6% • “Flywheel effect”?

  6. The Big Picture: Intensity

  7. The Details … • All-company R&D spending as a percent of national GDP was 1.1% for Fiscal 2002 • Ontario leads the pack with the highest rate of R&D spending as a percent of regional GDP at 1.8% (with Nortel)

  8. R&D Spending by Sector

  9. Table 9. R&D Spending by Region*, 2002 and 2001 Total Companies – With and Without Nortel Networks All-Company Spending by Region *Head office location **Less than 0.5% Note: may not add due to rounding, incomplete information or bases too small to report

  10. Research Intensity

  11. Foreign Companies Best

  12. The Regional Picture

  13. Industry Competitiveness

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