Table 4-17
R&D performed by parent companies of U.S. multinational corporations and their majority-owned foreign affiliates: 1994–2002
 
  R&D performed (current U.S. $ millions) Shares of MNC (%)
Year U.S. parents MOFAs Total MNCs   U.S. parents MOFAs
1994 91,574 11,877 103,451   88.5 11.5
1995 97,667 12,582 110,249 88.6 11.4
1996 100,551 14,039 114,590 87.7 12.3
1997 106,800 14,593 121,393 88.0 12.0
1998 113,777 14,664 128,441 88.6 11.4
1999 126,291 18,144 144,435 87.4 12.6
2000 135,467 20,457 155,924 86.9 13.1
2001 143,017 19,702 162,719 87.9 12.1
2002 137,968 21,151 159,119   86.7 13.3
 

MNC = multinational corporation; MOFA = majority-owned foreign affiliate

NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. MOFAs are affiliates in which combined ownership of all U.S. parents is >50%. See appendix tables 4-51 and 4-53.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (annual series), http://www.bea.gov/bea/di/di1usdop.htm.

 
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