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Re:The death of corporate research labs by deng on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:16AM (#23255991)
I know it's not a popular topic around here, but I'm confused that corporate taxes are not mentioned at all. Wasn't one major incentive for creating research labs that such investments in R&D were tax deductible, and the drastic lowering of these taxes since the 80s made that point moot?
Re:The death of corporate research labs by gahikr on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:42PM (#23261831)
https://slate.com/business/2012/07/xerox-parc-and-bell-labs-...

I’m surprised you are the only one mentioning this. You change the rules of the game, you change the game.