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Yet again, research and breakthrough are not made by profitable companies. And research money most often come from government with little to no incentive on ROI
by dimillian 8y ago
Yet again, research and breakthrough are not made by profitable companies. And research money most often come from government with little to no incentive on ROI.
- kamarg 8y ago>> Yet again, research and breakthrough are not made by profitable companies. I'm pretty confident that this is flat out wrong. Just within the tech sphere you have Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, Samsung, and Baidu that have all historically put out large amounts of research. Outside of the tech sphere look at Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GM, Toyota. Here's a slightly dated summary of research spending by large (profitable) companies https://www.recode.net/2017/9/1/16236506/tech-amazon-apple-gdp-spending-productivity https://www.recode.net/2017/9/1/16236506/tech-amazon-apple-g....