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12/30 Innovators wanted: these countries spend the most on R&D

The reality is that innovation is a complex and difficult outcome to measure, and there are many different variables that factor into it at a national level.

R&Dに投資すればイノベーションが生まれるというわけではない。イノベーションを生み出すためには複雑な要素の重なりが必要だ。

weforum.org
The picture changes when you look at spend as percentage of GDP, though.