10 Companies with Highest R&D Expenditures

3. Microsoft
Sector: Computing and Electronics
Global Rank: 3
Total R&D Spending: $9 Billion

Microsoft is the best in maintaining secrets about their research and development. Apart from its traditional business; Operating Systems for PCs, Microsoft is very possessive about revealing its secrets.

Also, when it comes to R&D, Microsoft is known to be one of the best companies to invest. Innovation has been a tagline of Microsoft from the early period and it continues to maintain this.

Microsoft has been conducting several research projects, whereby they are trying to create an apex in technology.

4. IBM
Sector: Computing and Electronics
Global Rank: 4
Total R&D Spending: $6.3 Billion

IBM is known as one of the pioneer companies in terms of R&D. Innovation and implementation has been the boon of IBM from the ages.

IBM’s innovation has earned the name ‘Big Blue’ to the company. With a total amount of $6.3 billion, IBM stands at the fourth place in terms of R&D across the globe.

IBM has around 8 R&D centers around the globe and India has the youngest of these labs.

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