What about Bell labs, some of the most important innovations of the 20th century came from there, and it was an example of a large company throwing money at R&D

What about Bell labs, some of the most important innovations of the 20th century came from there, and it was an example of a large company throwing money at R&D. Honestly, i'm glad they did https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor#History