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Samsung Electronics is in the top five companies in the world for R&D investment for the sixth
consecutive year.
According to the European Commission's 2017 R&D Investment Scoreboard, Samsung Electronics
and LG Electronics both ranked in the world top 50 for R&D investment.
Samsung is fourth this year, dropping two places from last year.
For the fourth consecutive year, the top R&D investor was Volkswagen.
It was followed by Alphabet and Microsoft.
The U.S. had the most companies in the top 100, with 36
R&D investment by Chinese companies was up nearly 19 percent on year, and investment
by the EU increased by seven percent.
Investment by Korean companies edged up by less than two percent, well below the global
average.