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Text File  |  1999-02-05  |  479b  |  15 lines
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  2.     City: Small firms push product research
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  4. 1    a) What is research and development (R&D)?
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  6.     b) What are its main aims?
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  8. 2    What could happen to a company which does not develop new products?
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  10. 3    The survey found that, in Europe, smaller companies spend a high
  11.      proportion of their income on Research and Development. Why is this 
  12.     a surprising finding?
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  14. 4    In what ways does the article suggest that the R&D of small businesses 
  15.     differs from that of larger companies?