This statistic gives information on the research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017. During the most recent year, Alphabet spent 16.6 billion U.S. dollars on R&D. Social networking company Facebook spent 7.75 billion U.S. dollars on research.
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Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
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This statistic gives information on the research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017. During the most recent year, Alphabet spent 16.6 billion U.S. dollars on R&D. Social networking company Facebook spent 7.75 billion U.S. dollars on research.
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This statistic gives information on the research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017. During the most recent year, Alphabet spent 16.6 billion U.S. dollars on R&D. Social networking company Facebook spent 7.75 billion U.S. dollars on research.
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- Yahoo was purchased by Verizon Communications in June 2017.
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- 2014 to 2017
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- research and development / product development spending
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- Yahoo was purchased by Verizon Communications in June 2017.
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