Today, the results of investments in Research and Development by American companies in 2017. Not surprisingly, as reported by the Recode, the large technology companies occupied the Top 5 again. Altogether, the amount invested by them in R&D was calculated in $ 76 billion.
The ranking of companies was published on the website FactSet and shows the individual investments of each, with Apple occupying the fifth place, preceded by Microsoft ($ 12.3 billion), Intel (US $ 13.1 billion), Alphabet (US $ 16.6 billion) and Amazon (with an incredible US $ 22.6 billion invested!) who here remembers the “store of the future” launched by the company at the end of 2017? The idea may have been the result of these researches
Despite occupying the fifth place, the value applied by Ma is the largest ever seen: in 2017, Ma invested $ 11.6 billion.
The importance of investments in R&D is greater than the values ​​cited: most of the news that we see year after year are a direct result of these surveys. In addition, these investments participate in the country's economy (3% of gross domestic product, or GDP) and contribute to the relevance of companies in the market.
In a related note, Apple released the financial results for its second fiscal quarter this year on May 1.
via Apple World Today
