| Table 4-9 |
| Domestic R&D performance paid for by the company for top 10 business activities: 2008 |
| (Millions of U.S. dollars) |
| |
| Business activity |
|
Business codea |
R&D paid for by the company |
| |
| All business activities |
|
21100–81390 |
232,505 |
| Top 10 business activities |
|
— |
140,632 |
| Pharmaceutical, medicinal, botanical, and biological products (except diagnostic) manufacturing |
|
32541 |
41,593 |
| Software publishers (except Internet) |
|
51120 |
23,860 |
| Semiconductor and other electronic components manufacturing |
|
33440 |
22,674 |
| Computers and peripheral equipment manufacturing |
|
33410 |
9,223 |
| Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing |
|
33910 |
8,521 |
| Scientific research and development services |
|
54170 |
8,464 |
| Computer systems design and related services |
|
54150 |
8,384 |
| Motor vehicles manufacturing |
|
33610 |
8,305 |
| Telephone apparatus manufacturing |
|
33421 |
5,424 |
| Radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing |
|
33422 |
4,184 |
| All other business activities including undistributed amounts |
|
— |
91,873 |
| |
aBusiness codes and descriptions based on North American Industry Classification System industry definitions.
NOTES: Data tabulated independent of the industry classification of the company. Detail may not add to total because of rounding
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and Census Bureau, Business R&D and Innovation Survey (2008).
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