Nokia - most important European depositor in R&D

According to the data of the yearly rating R&D Of investment Of scoreboard 2008, investment in research and developments (R&D) they grew in the European companies by 8,8%, and in the American - to 8, 6%. The company Of nokia, the most important European depositor into the sector R&D, occupy in general rating 5 place, whereas it was in the past year only to 17. In 2008 it invested in research and developments of 5,3 billion Euros. Also into ten entered such European companies, as Volkswagen (9 place) and Daimler (10 place). The most important investor in the sphere R&D is in 2008 the company Of microsoft - it put in research and developments of 5,6 billion Euros.



It is interesting that in 2008 for the first time since 2004 the volume of investments in R&D of European companies is higher than in American. From the representatives of telecommunication industry, besides Nokia, into rating enter the companies Of samsung (12 place, it descended 10), Alcatel-Lucent (21 places, rose with 42), Motorola (27 place, descended with 24) and Ericsson (28 place, it descended with 26).