Samsung
Industry: Computing and Electronics
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
Spending on R&D in 2013: $10.4 billion
Change in spending from 2012: 15.6 per cent
As a percentage of revenue: 5.8 per cent
Overall rank in 2013: 2
Overall rank in 2012: 6Samsung, the largest business conglomerate in South Korea, posted revenue of $268.8 billion in 2012.