The Daily Stat: Compared with Rivals, Apple Spends Little on R&D

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 Compared with Rivals, Apple Spends Little on R&D Apple spends just 2% of revenue on R&D, despite its reputation for innovation, Dan Lyons writes in Technology Review. Compare that with 14% at Google and Microsoft and 6% at Samsung. Google spends twice as many dollars as Apple on R&D, though it has one-third the revenues. Yet Apple takes 66% of the profits in the overall mobile phone market — for now. While the overall smartphone market grew 42% in the June quarter, Apple's smartphone unit sales grew 27.5%. Source: Will Apple's Focus on Profits Let Its Rivals Jump Ahead? Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter HBR Press Book Will your next leader be insignificant — or indispensable? Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda offers an enticingly fresh look at how and when individual leaders really can make a difference. Profiling a mix of historic and modern figures — from Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln to Winston Churchill and Judah Folkman — Indispensable reveals how, when, and where a single individual can save or destroy the organization they lead, and even change the course of history. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's Must Reads Library Set Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Better Business Writing Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS After Just a Few Years, Home Ownership Beats Renting Breakthroughs No Longer Come from Very Young Scientists Dips in Youth Populations May Trigger Recessions All of This Company's Employees Work from Home Anti-Atheist Bias Is Based on Distrust of Nonbelievers Men Are More Economically Impulsive When They Outnumber Women Being Agreeable Hurts Earnings, Especially for Men The Biggest Risk to Life at Work: Transport Incidents Reports of the Mainframe's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated Midskilled Jobs Are Shrinking Faster than Others in U.S. Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2012 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)