Smart Spenders

A select group of the world’s 1,000 largest corporate R&D spenders perform significantly better than their competitors over a sustained period while spending less on R&D than their industry rivals, according to management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton’s second annual global innovation study.  The study found that although R&D spending of these 1,000 companies rose last year by more than $20 billion, money simply can’t buy effective innovation.  However, a group of 94 “high-leverage innovators,” including Toyota, Apple, Christian Dior, Google and Caterpillar spend less than their competitors on research and development, yet consistently outperform their industry rivals across a broad set of performance measures.

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