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Research today is dominated by the very largest of firms.[http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED502863.pdf (Berkley)] Corporations with over 10,000 employees still account for more than half the research spending. Those with fewer than 500 employees, a traditional definition of small a business, account for less than one-fifth of the total expenditures. These same patterns hold internationally.[http://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/rethinking-corporate-research-and-development/]
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===Status Quo===
Much of today's research is still dominated by the largest firms. Corporations with more than 10,000 employees account for more than half of research spending, while small businesses with less than 500 employees account for less than one-fifth of R&D expenditures. [http://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/rethinking-corporate-research-and-development/] Research today is dominated by the very largest of firms.[http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED502863.pdf (Berkley)] Corporations with over 10,000 employees still account for more than half the research spending. Those with fewer than 500 employees, a traditional definition of small a business, account for less than one-fifth of the total expenditures. These same patterns hold internationally. [http://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/rethinking-corporate-research-and-development/]
The Oxford Review of Economic Policy conducted a [http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/1/35.short study] on corporate financing of R&D. They found:
#Evidence for high costs of R&D capital for large firms is mixed, although these firms do prefer internal funds for financing these investments.
#There are limits to venture capital as a solution to the funding gap, especially in countries where public equity markets are not highly developed.
===Corporate R&D Problems===
