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Re:America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufac... by SR2Z on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @03:40PM (#43709501)
Corporate research spending is nearly $1T/yr. Yes, corporations have a lower risk tolerance than the government, but that's not always a bad thing.
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Re:America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufac... by perrylaj on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @07:55PM (#43711627)
Not just risk tolerance - they also have different (generally much more short-sighted) incentives.
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Re:America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufac... by justinclift on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:07AM (#43752809)
I kind of wonder how much of that money being reported is really research vs gamed numbers? eg for taxation claim purposes and things along those lines.
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Re:America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufac... by gsf_emergency on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @04:09AM (#43769728)
Especially interested in data from Google (e.g., from ongoing legal battles?)

(I'd assume Amazon & Microsoft are too clever, too well-run for their own good/our eptification)

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