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Expenditure on R & amp;! D grow fastest in the software and Internet industry. However disappears more and more R & amp; D work from the US and Europe to Asia
According to research by PwC among the top 1000 R & amp;! D spenders worldwide.
In the software and Internet industry increased spending on R & amp; D by 27 percent. Worldwide, 5.1 per cent was spent on research and development. This brings the total expenditure in this area at 680 billion dollars. PwC refers to the largest increase in three years.
Most of the sector computers & amp; electronics from R & amp; D. It is however expected that the number two from now, health care in 2019 will have the highest expenditure on R & amp; D.
Especially US companies move more and more R & amp; D work to Asia. In addition, China and India are highly sought after. She subsequently saw their imported R & amp; D activities between 2007 and 2015 to grow by 79 and 116 percent.
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The main reason for the R & amp; D work to move to Asia that it is near the main production sites and suppliers. In addition, the lower production costs play an important role. PwC notes that Western companies targeting emerging economies to grow and that they therefore need to sit closer to their customers and markets.
Europe has thus dropped to third place as R & amp; D location. Especially France and Germany, much of the work moved to other parts of the world. Spending on R & amp; D in Europe between 2007 and 2015 but rose by 2 percent, while they rose in the US by 40 percent in that period and in Asia by 60 percent.
The total R & amp; D expenditure of companies in the top 1000 by a Dutch headquarters declined in 2015 by 15 percent compared to 2014.
Also in the Netherlands is the largest growth in the software industry .
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