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The 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard - IRI - Europa

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R&D intensity by sectorTable 7 provides the list of industrial sectors ranked by worldwide R&D intensityof the main industrial sectors for the whole set of 1350 companies and groupedby main world region.<strong>The</strong> following points are observed:• <strong>The</strong> sectors with the highest R&D intensity (more than 5%) are stillPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, IT sectors (Software & Computer Servicesand Technology Hardware & Equipment), Health Care Equipment & Servicesand Leisure Goods. <strong>The</strong> sector with the lowest R&D intensity is Oil & GasProducers.• Among the top 15 sectors, the R&D intensity of <strong>EU</strong> companies is larger thanthat of the US and Japan in 6 sectors. Those sectors include TechnologyHardware & Equipment, Aerospace & Defence, Automobiles & Parts and<strong>Industrial</strong> Engineering. Japanese companies show higher R&D intensity thanthe <strong>EU</strong> and the US in 5 sectors, including Electronic & Electrical Equipmentand General <strong>Industrial</strong>s. <strong>The</strong> R&D intensity of US companies is higher thanthat of the <strong>EU</strong> and Japan in 4 high R&D-intensive sectors, e.g.Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, and Software & Computer services.• As observed in previous <strong>Scoreboard</strong>s, the overall lower average of R&Dintensity of the <strong>EU</strong> companies is due to their large share of low R&Dintensivesectors as compared to a similar group of non-<strong>EU</strong> companies.Conversely, the high average R&D intensity of the US companies is due totheir considerable weight in high R&D-intensive sectors (see Figures 4 and 5)• For the Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology and IT sectors, the combination ofhigh R&D investment levels, high R&D intensity and high R&D investmentgrowth underlines the important role of R&D as a competitiveness factor forthese sectors.<strong>The</strong> <strong>2009</strong> <strong>EU</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> R&D <strong>Investment</strong> <strong>Scoreboard</strong>33

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