The 2008 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends

This report presents the results of "The 2008 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends". It provides new insights into company expectations about future R&D investments and their motivations for investing in research. The results are drawn from the responses received from 130 large companies in the EU. These companies are responsible for a total global R&D investment of almost 40 billion, constituting 30% of the total R&D investment of the European Scoreboard companies.