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<strong>UNESCO</strong> <strong>SCIENCE</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong><br />

Table 9.4: Top 40 EU companies for R&D, 2011–2013<br />

Company Base Activity<br />

R&D intensity<br />

( 3-year growth)<br />

Sales<br />

(3-year growth)<br />

Volkswagen Germany Automobiles & parts 23.3 15.8<br />

Daimler Germany Automobiles & parts 3.5 6.5<br />

BMW Germany Automobiles & parts 20.0 7.9<br />

Sanofi-Aventis France Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 2.7 2.7<br />

Robert Bosch Germany Automobiles & parts 6.8 -0.8<br />

Siemens Germany Electronic & electrical equipment 2.4 3.2<br />

Glaxosmithkline UK Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology -2.5 -2.3<br />

Airbus Netherlands Aerospace & defence 5.1 9.0<br />

Ericsson Sweden Technology hardware & equipment 0.1 3.8<br />

Nokia Finland Technology hardware & equipment -11.2 -18.0<br />

Fita Italy Automobiles & parts 20.2 34.3<br />

Bayer Germany Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 0.5 4.6<br />

AstraZeneca UK Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 0.9 -8.2<br />

Boehringer Ingelheim Germany Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 3.8 3.8<br />

Alcatel-Lucent France Technology hardware & equipment -3.6 -3.4<br />

SAP Germany Software & computer services 9.7 10.5<br />

Volvo Sweden Industrial engineering 5.2 1.0<br />

Peugeot (PSA) France Automobiles & parts -6.5 -1.2<br />

Continental Germany Automobiles & oarts 8.0 8.6<br />

BASF Germany Chemicals 7.1 5.0<br />

Philips The Netherlands General industrials 2.5 3.1<br />

Renault France Automobiles & parts 1.2 1.6<br />

Finmeccanica Italy Aerospace & defence -3.9 -5.0<br />

Novo Nordisk Denmark Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 8.6 11.2<br />

Merck DE Germany Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 2.5 6.1<br />

Stmicroelectronics Netherlands Technology hardware & equipment -6.4 -7.9<br />

Banco Santander Spain Banking -2.8 -1.7<br />

Safran France Aerospace & defence 31.2 9.5<br />

Royal Bank of Scotland UK Banking 6.9 -9.2<br />

Telefonica Spain Fixed line telecommunications 5.1 -2.1<br />

Unilever The Netherlands Food producers 3.9 4.0<br />

Alstom France Industrial engineering 0.8 -1.1<br />

Telecomitalia Italy Fixed line telecommunications 11.9 -5.3<br />

Royal Dutch Shell UK Oil & gas producers 9.0 7.0<br />

Total France Oil & gas producers 9.9 6.9<br />

Delphi UK Automobiles & parts 9.1 6.0<br />

CNH Industrial The Netherlands Industrial engineering 12.7 6.5<br />

Servier France Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 9.0 5.9<br />

Seagate Technology Ireland Technology hardware & equipment 11.9 7.3<br />

L'Oréal France Personal goods (beauty products, etc) 8.8 5.6<br />

Source: European Commission<br />

Table 9.5: EU’s relative position in the global top 2 500 R&D companies, 2013<br />

EU USA Japan Other countries<br />

Number of companies 633 804 387 676<br />

R&D (€ billions) 162.3 193.6 85.6 96.8<br />

Growth in 2010–2013 (%) 5.8 7.0 3.0 9.8<br />

World share in 2013 (%) 30.1 36.0 15.9 18.0<br />

R&D as a share of net sales (%) 2.7 5.0 3.2 2.2<br />

Net sales (€ billions) 5 909.0 3 839.5 2 638.6 4 335.9<br />

Source: Extracted from Hernández et. al (2014), Table 1.2<br />

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