The 2013 "EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard) contains economic and financial data of the world's top 2000 companies ranked by their investments in research and development (R&D). The sample contains 527 companies based in the EU and 1474 companies based elsewhere. The Scoreboard data are drawn from the latest available companies' accounts, i.e. the fiscal year 2012.JRC.J.2-Knowledge for Growt