Figure 2. The world's top 50 companies by their total R&D investment in the <strong>2011</strong> Scoreboard1. Roche, Switzerland (2)R&D investment (Euro million)0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 7 000 8 0002. Pfizer, USA (5)3. Microsoft, USA (3)4. Toyota Motor, Japan (1)5. Merck US, USA (16)6. Volkswagen, Germany (4)7. Samsung Electronics, South Korea (10)8. Novartis, Switzerland (6)9. General Motors, USA (12)10. Johnson & Johnson, USA (8)11. Nokia, Finland (7)12. Intel, USA (17)13. Daimler, Germany (14)14. Sanofi-Aventis , France (9)15. Panasonic, Japan (18)16. GlaxoSmithKline, UK (15)17. Honda Motor, Japan (13)18. Siemens, Germany (11)19. Sony, Japan (19)20. Cisco Systems, USA (20)21. Robert Bosch, Germany (21)22. IBM, USA (22)23. Ford Motor, USA (23)24. Eli Lilly, USA (28)25. Nissan Motor, Japan (24)26. Hitachi, Japan (26)27. Oracle, USA (41)28. Bayer, Germany (29)29. AstraZeneca, UK (27)30. EADS, The Netherlands (30)31. Ericsson, Sweden (37)32. Toshiba, Japan (31)33. General Electric, USA (38)34. Canon, Japan (40)35. Boeing, USA (36)36. Google, USA (47)37. Abbott Laboratories, USA (50)38. BMW, Germany (35)39. Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan (25)40. Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA (34)41. Alcatel-Lucent, France (32)42. NTT, Japan (45)43. NEC, Japan (33)44. Denso, Japan (42)45. Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany (44)46. Peugeot (PSA), France (39)47. Hewlett-Packard, USA (48)48. Amgen, USA (46)49. LG, South Korea (66)50. Fujitsu, Japan (51)<strong>EU</strong>USAJapanSouth KoreaSwitzerlandNote: The number in brackets after the names of the companies indicates the rankings in the past Scoreboard.Source: The <strong>2011</strong> <strong>EU</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> R&D <strong>Investment</strong> Scoreboard, European Commission, JRC/DG RTD.20The <strong>2011</strong> <strong>EU</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> R&D <strong>Investment</strong> Scoreboard
Dynamics of top R&D companiesEvery year the composition of the Scoreboard changes because a significantnumber of companies enter and leave the Scoreboard top 400 <strong>EU</strong> and top 1000non-<strong>EU</strong> list.In this edition, the 1000 <strong>EU</strong> firms comprise 100 new entries including 24 newfirms, 74 firms with R&D that has risen above the threshold and 2 which havebeen included in the Scoreboard for other reasons. The 100 exits from the <strong>EU</strong>sample include 31 due to mergers, 47 firms with R&D dropping below thethreshold and 22 which dropped out for other reasons.The non-<strong>EU</strong> sample features 93 new entries of which 20 are new firms and 73firms with R&D above the threshold. The 93 exits of the non-<strong>EU</strong> samplecomprise 31 subject to mergers, 45 firms with R&D below the threshold and 17which dropped out for other reasons.The evolution of the R&D ranking of the top 50 companies since the firstScoreboard (2004) is shown in Table 4 where the most important changes arehighlighted. Some large mergers have been taken place since then, e.g:In 2004: Aventis’ acquisition of Sanofi-Synthélabo in 2004,In 2009: Roche’s acquisition of Genentech, Pfizer’s acquisition of Wyeth,Oracle’s acquisition of Sun.However, also de-mergers, like Daimler’s sale of Chrysler in 2007, took placeduring that period.In the <strong>EU</strong> group, 4 companies left the top 50 - Philips, Istituto Finanziario<strong>Industrial</strong>e, Renault and BAE Systems – and 1 company joined the top 50 -Boehringer Ingelheim.In the non-<strong>EU</strong> group, 6 companies left the top 50 – Matsushita Electric,Motorola, Nortel Networks, Wyeth, Delphi, Sun Microsystems – and 9companies joined to the top 50 – Panasonic, Oracle, Boeing, Google, AbbottLaboratories, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Denso, Hewlett-Packard and LG.<strong>EU</strong> companies that improved at least 10 ranks are Boehringer Ingelheim (now45) and Sanofi-Aventis (now 14). The latter company was created after 2004and is an example of R&D growth driven by M&As.There are 13 non-<strong>EU</strong> companies that improved by more than 10 ranks. Amongothers Roche (now 1 st ), Google (now 36), Panasonic (now 15), Oracle (now 27)and LG (now 49).Companies that dropped ten or more ranks but remained within the top 50 are,among others, NTT (now 42), Hewlett-Packard (now 47), Ford Motor (now 23),Siemens (now 18), Ericsson (now 31) and Fujitsu (now 50).21The <strong>2011</strong> <strong>EU</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> R&D <strong>Investment</strong> Scoreboard 21