Monday, March 19, 2012

Facebook Mimics Apple by Spending Less on R&D Than Rivals

Facebook Inc. (FB) spends a smallerpercentage of revenue on engineering than other Internetcompanies, mimicking Apple (AAPL) Inc.'s strategy of keeping costs lowby relying on outside developers for research and development. Facebook devoted 10 percent of its sales to R&D spendinglast year, a fraction of the level of some other...

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