December 11, according to "Korea Herald" reported that the European Commission data released on Monday showed that in the 2016-2017 period, Samsung Electronics R & D investment in the world's second largest in 2500 companies.
The European Commission's 2017 2017 European Industrial R & D Investment Scoreboard showed that Samsung Electronics invested a total of 12.2 billion euros (about 14.3 billion U.S. dollars) in research and development projects during this period, down from the previous year Two levels.
The report states that the figure is based on the 2016 calendar year, but joins revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, which is substantial.
This marks the sixth time in a row that Samsung has been ranked in the top five annual studies.
The report shows the rankings of the German-based Volkswagen to 137 billion euros topped the list, the US-based Microsoft lags behind the company for 12.4 billion euros.Inthe world's fifth largest R & D investment in the company, the size of 12.1 billion EUR.
Research shows that Samsung, the smaller South Korean rival LG Electronics, is ranked 50th and Hyundai and SK Hynix are 77th and 83rd, respectively.
A total of 36 companies are on the list in the United States, followed by Japan, Germany and China with 14, 13 and 7 companies respectively, and 4 in South Korea and the Netherlands.