The 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard

The 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard (Scoreboard) provides information of the top 1000 EU companies [1] and top 1000 from outside the EU (non-EU) which invest the most in R&D. The Scoreboard comprises R&D, economic and financial data of the latest four financial years [2].

The first section of this document summarises the key figures for the world top R&D investors, aggregating the whole set of companies and ranking them by group of top companies and industrial sectors.
The full data set is presented in the second section. Company data are ranked by level of R&D investment and presented in single files for companies, industrial sectors and countries.
The methodology, approach and limitations of the Scoreboard are explained in the Annex.

The Commission is releasing this company data as soon as it has become available to allow anyone interested to analyse the data without delay.The Commission services are presently conducting their own analysis, which they intend to publish by the end of the year.

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[1] The term EU company concerns companies whose ultimate parent has its registered office in a Member State of the EU. Likewise, non-EU company apply when the ultimate parent company is located outside the EU (see also in the Annex the glossary and definitions as well as the handling of parent companies and subsidiaries).

[2] The Scoreboard is being released as soon as data has become available in order to allow anyone who wishes to analyse the data to do so. The Commission is also analysing the data and expects to publish the results before the end of the year.