Research and Development

10 companies spending most on R&D in the world

(Taken from ‘The Financialist’)

While some companies spend hardly any money on innovation, research and development, others invest billions of dollars.

Let's take a look at world's most innovative companies based on research and development spending.

Company	Sector	Total R&D spending	Global rank
Toyota	Automobiles	$9.9 billion	1
Samsung	Computing and electronics	$9 billion	2
Microsoft	Computing and electronics	$9 billion	3
IBM	Computing and electronics	$6.3 billion	4
Google	Software and Internet	$5.2 billion	5
General Electric	Industrials	$4.6 billion	6
Amazon	Software and Internet	$2.9 billion	7
Apple	Computing and electronics	$2.4 billion	8
Procter & Gamble	Consumer	$2 billion	9
3M	Industrials	$1.6 billion	10