This short report summarises the findings of the 2008 R&D Scoreboard, an investigation of the financial performance of the top UK and global corporate investors in R&D
About the 2008 R&D Scoreboard
This is the 18th annual edition of the R&D Scoreboard, which is published by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) in collaboration with the Department for Business, Enterprise
& Regulatory Reform (BERR).
The Scoreboard is an international league table of the companies investing most in R&D. It is designed as a benchmarking tool for companies, investors and policy-makers. Sixteen leading business and professional organisations endorse the Scoreboard as a source of information for their companies and their shareholders when considering the amount invested in R&D as part of their innovation process and business strategy; a list of the endorsers is inside the
back cover.
This report summarises the latest data on investment in R&D and financial performance of the 850 most active UK companies (including foreign-owned companies whose R&D is conducted and reported in the UK850. It also includes data on the 1,400 most R&D active companies globally, an increase in coverage from the 1,250 companies included in last year’s Scoreboard. The Scoreboard highlights the main trends discernible in the UK and global data.
