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U.S. Businesses Ratcheted Up Investments in R&D in 2013
Research performed by U.S. businesses grew by 6.7 percent in 2013, reaching $322.5 billion, according to the National Science Foundation’s Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS). The increase was the largest since the survey began in 2008. As businesses recovered from the economic crisis in 2009-2010, U.S. business R&D fell by 4.1 percent, but then began to recover. Most of the increase in 2013 was due to research funded by the companies themselves, with information technology companies posting the largest growth (22.2 percent). Read the NSF InfoBrief…