World’s Best R&D Companies

October 2007 issue of R&D Magazine is all about the World's Best R&D Companies.

It is a difficult task to rate a company whose R&D organization is a large network of global facilities, products, technologies, and researchers.

The most commonly used metrics for measuring R&D per the Goldense Group Inc., Dedham, Mass., include overall R&D spending (as a function of percent of revenues), the number of patents received, the number of new products as a percent of sales, changes in R&D headcount, the number of new products in the pipeline, and the organization’s overall investment in new product development.

Where would you like to work based on their R&D ?

1. General Electric - 14%

2. IBM - 13%

3. DuPont & 3M - 11%

4. Genentech - 10%

5. Toyota - 9%

6. Apple & Dow Chemical - 8%

7. Google - 7%

8. Lockheed Martin - 6%

What companies have the most improved R&D in the past 5 years ?

1. Google - 15%

2. General Electric - 9%

3. Apple - 8%

4. Dow Chemical, DuPont, Genentech, IBM & Nokia - 7%

5. HP, Toyota - 6%

What companies are the leaders in R&D ?

1. 3M - 16%

2. IBM - 15%

3. DuPont - 12%

4. General Electric - 11%

5. Apple - 10%

6. Google & Toyota - 8%

7. Merck, Genentech & Microsoft - 6%

Which Company's R&D has the strongest influence on society ?

1. Microsoft - 22%

2. General Electric & IBM - 13%

3. Google - 11%

4. DuPont - 9%

5. Apple - 8%

6. AT&T - 6%

7. Procter & Gamble - 5%

8. Merck & Toyota - 4%

Which Company's R&D is the most proactive in high-tech challenges ?

(Global Warming, Disease, Pollution, etc.)

1. General Electric - 21%

2. DuPont & Toyota - 14%

3. BP - 12%

4. Honda - 9%

5. Dow Chemical - 8%

6. 3M & General Motors - 5%

7. IBM & Monsanto - 4%

Note: % shows the respondents.

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